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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 Alabama native and civil rights icon Rosa Parks received a similar honor when she died in 2005. Here's what the difference is between the honors both women received: Laying in state vs. laying in Thousands of people have attended the funeral of US civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who died last week aged 92. Former US President Bill Clinton led the tributes at the ceremony in Detroit, Michigan, her home since 1957. Among the mourners were civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and singer Aretha Franklin. The body of Rosa Parks lie in state at the Capitol’s rotunda while the public pay their last respect. (Photo by Michel Du Cille/Washington Post/Getty Images) Full size 960 × 640 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 A church packed with 4,000 mourners celebrated the life of Rosa Parks Wednesday in an impassioned, song-filled funeral, with a crowd of notables giving thanks for the humble woman whose dignity 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. In 1992, she published her autobiography, "Rosa Parks: My Story," and in 1995, published a revised autobiography, "Quiet Strength." She died in her apartment in a Detroit nursing home at the age of 92. She was the 31st person, the first woman, and the second African-American (the first was Jacob Chestnut) to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda Parks' body will lie in state at the church where she had been a member, St. Paul AME Church, in Montgomery on Saturday, Oct. 29, and Sunday, Oct. 30, according to Karen Dumas, a press coordinator working with Parks' trustees on funeral arrangements. Sunday: Parks' body will lie in state at the Lincoln Memorial from 6 p.m. to midnight. Read Thousands of people celebrated the life of Rosa Parks Wednesday at a funeral for the civil rights icon, who died last week at the age of 92. Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio shares moments (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 [November 2, 2005 | Detroit, Michigan] To Judge Keith and all of the members of the clergy; to all of the members of Congress who are here and our state legislators; to our heads of corporations and honored guests – I’m so glad you’re here. Funeral-goers applaud near a portrait of Rosa Parks during her funeral at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Michigan, Wednesday, November 2, 2005. Funeral-goers applaud near a portrait of Rosa Parks during h Rosa Parks. October 30-31, 2005. Civil rights pioneer. Died October 24, 2005, in Detroit, Michigan. Authority for use of the Rotunda granted by Senate Concurrent Resolution 61, 109th Congress, 1st Session, agreed to October 29, 2005. Lay in honor; did not use Lincoln catafalque. Ronald W. Reagan. June 9-11, 2004. Following memorial service in Rosa Parks and Elaine Eason Steele co-founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in February 1987, in honor of Rosa's husband, who died from cancer in 1977. The institute runs the "Pathways to Freedom" bus tours, which introduce young people to important civil rights and Underground Railroad sites throughout the country. Visitors pay their respects as the casket of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks lies in honor at the Rotunda of the Capitol on Oct. 30, 2005, in Washington. By 7:30 a.m., the line for the funeral extended more than two blocks west of the church with about 800 people waiting. Parks was 92 when she died Oct. 24 in Detroit. 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 Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter.In addition to African ancestry, one of Parks's great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish, and one of her great-grandmothers was a part–Native American slave. Dignitaries, family members and others surround the coffin of Rosa Parks, who is credited with starting the civil rights movement and is the first woman to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda.A
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