That procession and ceremony took up the first hour of the funeral, which started shortly after 11 a.m. Those in the audience held hands and sang the civil rights anthem 'We Shall Overcome' as family members filed past her casket before it was closed. 24 to Montgomery, Ala., where she sparked the civil rights movement 50 years ago by refusing to give her bus seat to a white man to Washington, where she became the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Rosa Louise McCauley, mais conhecida por Rosa Parks ( Tuskegee, 4 de fevereiro de 1913 Detroit, 24 de outubro de 2005 ), foi uma ativista negra norte-americana, símbolo do movimento dos direitos civis dos negros nos Estados Unidos.

Born Rosa Louise McCauley, in Tuskegee, Alabama, Rosa learned the importance of Black History in resisting racism and joined the NAACP in 1943. The funeral, which stretched four hours past its three-hour scheduled time, followed a week of remembrances during which Parks' coffin was brought from Detroit, where she died Oct. ApDeath of Rosa Parks (1913-2005), Official Funeral Program. 'And yet when the history of this country is written, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.' 'The woman we honored today held no public office, she wasn't a wealthy woman, didn't appear in the society pages,' said Sen. DETROIT (AP) _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 defiance helped transform a nation. Rosa Parks Funeral Service Past and present elected officials, Congressional Black Caucus members, civil rights leaders, noted clergy, and other dignitaries attended the funeral read more.

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