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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 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 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 to be laid to rest in Detroit after a lavish funeral service attended by thousands of dignitaries and ordinary people. Thousands of people listened to a series of rousing speeches that stirred emotions and evoked the early days of the U.S. civil rights movement as they attended the funeral of Rosa Parks on Wednesday. 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. 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. Rosa Parks' funeral draws the famous and the unknown, united in appreciation and a belief that the struggle for civil rights is unfinished. 67, who took a train from Chicago to attend the Celebrities, politicians and other mourners flock to Detroit for the funeral of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. Former President Bill Clinton and singer Aretha Franklin are among the thousands 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 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 funeral service. I wish I had 10,000 tongues just to thank you! Charles Adams 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 She Would Not Be Moved: how we tell the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott. New York: The New Press, 2005. ISBN 1595580204; Parks, Rosa, with James Haskins. Rosa Parks, My Story. New York: Dial Books, 1992. ISBN 0803706731; Parks, Rosa, with Gregory J. Reed. Quiet Strength. Zondervan, 1994. ISBN 978-0310501503 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 What is a state funeral and who will attend Jimmy Carter's? BBC. Sun, January 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM UTC 15 years after civil rights icon Rosa Parks became the first woman to receive the honour. Remarks at Funeral for Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks - Nov. 2, 2005. Jennifer M Granholm. November 02, 2005— Detroit, Michigan. Funeral Print friendly. A half-century earlier, on a December evening in 1955, Rosa Parks had refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, and had become the catalyst for a civil-rights A week later, White drove and parked the bus for Rosa Parks' funeral proceedings. The front-most seat of the bus was draped in black, a picture of Parks reserving her spot. More than 4,000 people attend service for woman who inspired US civil rights movement 50 years ago by refusing to give up her seat on a
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