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Published Date: 29 October 2005
CIVIL rights pioneer Rosa Parks, who died on Monday aged 92, could become the first woman to lie in honour at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington.
Her refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955 sparked the modern civil rights movement in America.

She would be the first woman and second black American to be given such a tribute.

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  • Last Updated: 29 October 2005 1:09 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Racism in America
 
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