Paul AME church where Parks was a member at the time of her arrest. On Saturday, mourners streamed past her open coffin to pay their last respects. This past weekend, thousands were in Montgomery, Alabama for Parks’ memorial service. The bus boycott would also help transform a 26-year-old preacher named Martin Luther King Junior to national prominence. Her act of resistance led to a 13-month boycott of the Montgomery bus system that would spark the civil rights movement and inspire freedom struggles all over the world. She was arrested and convicted of violating the state’s segregation laws. It was 50 years ago this December that Parks refused to relinquish her seat to a white man aboard a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Last Monday, Parks died at the age of 92 at her home in Detroit, Michigan. She is the first woman and only the second African-American to receive the honor, usually reserved for Presidents, soldiers and politicians. Today, the body of civil rights pioneer, Rosa Parks lies in honor in the Captiol Rotunda in Washington D.C.
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