"The nation's capital began preparations yesterday for a historic weekend, when civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks will become one of only 30 Americans ever honored with the pomp and ritual of a Capitol Rotunda viewing."
Rosa Parks, mother of the civil rights movement in the U.S., died Monday Oct. 24, 2005 at the age of 92. In 1955 she made headlines for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man in defiance of segration laws then in force.
City buses are reportedly leaving the front seat open in tribute to her.
People Get Ready!
Rosa, your ride is free.
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Thanks for taking a look at my blog. I was at her Memorial Service in Washington. It was a beautiful thing to see how many different people were there. It was exactly what she wanted. Let's hope the path continues in the direction of progress.
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