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Thursday, November 3, 2005
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Outpouring of love sends civil rights pioneer home
DETROIT -- The long, historic and unprecedented goodbye is over for a giant of the 20th century. 11/03/05
Crowds honor her at church, cemetery
DETROIT -- Crowds chanting "Rosa! Rosa!" packed the sidewalks and the entrance to Woodlawn Cemetery on Wednesday night as the body of civil rights icon Rosa Parks made its way to its final resting place. 11/03/05
Laura Berman
In repose, Rosa Parks is on equal footing
Only a few years ago, she was living in near-poverty, struggling to pay her rent. 11/03/05
Icon rests in peace in chapel
DETROIT -- Rosa Parks' final resting place will not be open to the public, cemetery officials said, although people wishing to stroll the grounds near where Parks is entombed won't be turned away. 11/03/05
Saluting a freedom fighter
11/03/05
Excerpts from speakers' remarks at the funeral service
11/02/05
Who will carry on rights movement?
11/02/05
Doves' release to mark history
11/02/05
Crowd finds unity in respect, awe
11/02/05
Students get extra history lessons
11/02/05
Detroit's turn to say final farewell
11/01/05
Details of Parks' funeral are nearly complete
11/01/05
Rosa Parks: Final journey
D.C. honors civil rights icon
10/31/05
Hundreds come to honor civil rights legend
11/02/05
Dignitaries likely to flood into Detroit
10/31/05
Deep South says goodbye
10/30/05
Montgomery finds sendoff an 'honoring experience'
10/30/05
In Alabama, Rosa Parks memorial is part reunion, part call-to-arms
10/29/05
Rosa Parks to lie in honor at Capitol
10/28/05
Ala. church, civil rights allies remember Parks
10/28/05
Parks will lie in state in capital
10/27/05
Honoring a humble hero
Wednesday, Oct. 26
'An ordinary woman who did an extraordinary thing'
10/26/05
Parks made a difference, but changes are still needed
10/26/05
Influence links generations
10/26/05
Memories flow from reporter's notebook
10/26/05
Sympathies pour in on Web site
10/26/05
Scholarship foundation helps teens reach dreams
10/26/05
Detroit plans ways to remember a heroine
10/26/05
Song, film celebrate Parks' role
10/26/05
Death refocuses black history efforts
10/26/05
Ala. museum re-creates confrontation
10/26/05
In ironic twist, Parks school changes name
10/26/05
Health, legal woes took toll
10/26/05
What America's leaders are saying
10/26/05
What Metro Detroiters say
10/26/05
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Civil rights legend dies at age 92
10/25/05
Leaders recall activist as a hero
10/25/05
Defiant act changed a nation's history
10/25/05
Hardships honed her strong will
10/25/05
Determination, courage made protest a success
10/25/05
Parks paved way for King's role
10/25/05
Cause demanded ultimate sacrifice
10/25/05
Parks was a source of Detroit pride
10/25/05
Betty DeRamus
Detroit cherishes indomitable spirit of civil rights pioneer
10/25/05
The Henry Ford museum to honor Rosa Parks by draping bus in black
10/25/05
What America's leaders are saying
10/26/05
Rosa Parks timeline
10/25/05
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"She will always have a special place in American history, and our nation thinks of Rosa Parks and her loved ones today."
President Bush
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"She was an inspiration to me and to all who work for the day when we will be one America. May God bless her soul and may she rest in peace."
Former President Clinton
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"She ignited a fire in this country. The world owes her a debt of gratitude."
The Rev. Jesse Jackson
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"Rosa Parks has shown the awesome power of right over might in history's long journey for peace and freedom."
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