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The funeral procession for the great Rosa Parks, Washington, DC 10/05 Past and present elected officials, Congressional Black Caucus members, civil rights leaders, noted clergy, and other dignitaries attended the funeral of Rosa Parks, who died October 24, 2005 at HER FUNERAL PROCESSION Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Images in this set were taken during the two day funeral service in Washington DC in memory of Rosa Parks. Beginning with the arrival funeral procession on Sunday night along South Capitol Street followed by Monday morning's lay in state at the US Capitol. My third installment was taken along Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street in the Penn Quarter area as the funeral procession proceeded from After the funeral, Parks’ casket was put on an antique, gold-trimmed, horse-drawn carriage for the seven-mile procession to the cemetery. Her body was to be entombed in a mausoleum along with Remembering Rosa Parks Beginning on Sunday evening, 30 October 2005, I would document several events in WDC in connection with remembering the life of Rosa Parks. 1. Rosa Parks Funeral Procession Arrival along South Capitol Street in WDC . (31 Oct 2005) SHOTLIST1. Wide shot of hearse and vintage bus arrival2. Medium shot of hearse 3. Wide shot of bus4. Casket carried by soldiers up the Capitol A hearse carrying the casket of Rosa Parks leads the procession down Seven Mile Road as it enters Greater Grace Temple for her funeral on November 2 in Detroit, Michigan. In 1955, Rosa Parks was And still the journey—like the movement itself—carried onward, making its way back to Detroit, where the body of Rosa Parks was eventually delivered to the Greater Grace Temple Church for her final funeral service on November 2, 2005. A line of mourners hoping to claim one of the 2,000 available seats stretched for blocks. November 2005 Scenes of arrivals of Ms. Parks casket and officials arriving at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, MI were shown. A woman was shot late Saturday morning as a funeral procession made its way along 147th St. According to an Harvey police officer on scene, as a funeral procession left St. Mark’s Missionary Baptist Church in Harvey, someone opened fire on the processional line. According to witnesses on scene, she was the brother of the man being buried. A Michigan public act established Rosa Parks Day, celebrated on the first Monday following her February 4 birthday. Rosa Parks was 92 years old when she died in her Detroit home on October 24, 2005. The front seats of city buses in Detroit and Montgomery were adorned with black ribbons in the days preceding her funeral. They live in Montgomery and showed up downtown around midday to watch Lewis’ funeral procession. It was an empowering moment for Harris. Antreneciya Brantley agreed, adding that it was surreal, too. She was able to pay her respects to Rosa Parks when she died and wanted to be able to do the same for Lewis. I thought I would share a bit of the funeral procession of Ms Rosa Parks. Actually, the remains where removed from the Charles Wright Museum, and thousands Will her funeral procession up Woodward be televised nationally? I would like to watch. Everydayislikesunday Member Username: Everydayislikesunday Post Number: 113 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 68.41.153.99 The chapel was renamed the Rosa L. Parks Freedom Chapel in her honor. Parks had previously prepared and placed a headstone on the selected location with the inscription "Rosa L. Parks, wife, 1913–." When Parks died, her fame was such that ESPN noted her death on the "Bottom Line," its on-screen ticker, on all of its networks. The nearly week-long state funeral of Jimmy Carter has officially begun following his death last month aged 100. The six days of ceremonies started on Saturday with a motorcade procession from the But perhaps the most famous person buried at Woodlawn is Rosa Parks, "mother of the Civil Rights Movement." After being interred in the chapel in 2005, the building was renamed in her honor. “The Woodlawn family feels very strongly that Mrs. Parks’ final resting place should be a secure and dignified environment where generations can come
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