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 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 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. 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 DETROIT (AP) — A soaring rendition of “The Lord’s Prayer” moved thousands of mourners at the funeral of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks on Wednesday, with a preacher bidding: “Mother 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 Rosa Parks was remembered at a memorial service in Washington, DC, after becoming the first woman ever to lie in honor in the Rotunda of the US Capitol. Some 30,000 people passed by her casket Hours before the funeral began, the line to get one of the 2,000 available public seats at the church extended more than two blocks west in Parks' adopted hometown. Claudette Bond, 62, had been waiting since 6 p.m. Tuesday in a lawn chair. AP/Detroit Free Press, P. Beck Dwayne Webb Sr., 44, of Detroit salutes as the Rosa Parks funeral procession passes him in Detroit early Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005. Webb said he came to honor to the 4,000 throng Rosa Parks’ funeral in Detroit . Originally published November 2, 2005 at 12:00 am Updated November 2, 2005 at 3:16 pm "Mother Parks, take your rest," preacher says. "You have Rosa Parks funeral service. I wish I had 10,000 tongues just to thank you! Charles Adams The Detroit Community Choir singing at the funeral for civil rights legend Rosa Parks. The funeral was held at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, where Bisho 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. Rosa Parks’ Eulogy Presented by Oprah Winfrey. Reverend Braxton, family, friends, admirers, and this amazing choir: I feel it an honor to be here to come and say a final goodbye. I grew up in the South, and Rosa Parks was a hero to me long before I recognized and understood the power and impact that her life embodied. Death of Rosa Parks (1913-2005), Official Funeral Program. Born Rosa Louise McCauley, in Tuskegee, Alabama, Rosa learned the importance of Black History in resisting racism and joined the NAACP in 1943. Rosa Parks, "The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" died quietly in her Detroit home of natural causes. She was 92. Parks was the Alabama seamstress whose soft-spoken refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man on December 1, 1955 triggered the Montgomery bus boycott. Rosa Parks Funeral (20 images) The casket containing the remains of civil rights icon Rosa Parks lies on display in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington on Oct. 30, 2005. Parks, who died in Detroit Rosa Parks, left, and Martin Luther King Jr., second from left, at an award ceremony in 1965Image: AP Photo/picture alliance On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, who worked as a seamstress in a KAGAN: And this is the funeral of Rosa Parks that we've been listening into, this song, following remarks by former president Bill Clinton. Once again, I'm joined by former ambassador, former mayor of Atlanta, former congressman, Andrew Young, who's been listening in to the remarks and watching the service with me here today. 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
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