Rosa Parks lies in honor in the Capitol
2005 · Event
Days after her death aged 92, Rosa Parks becomes the first woman to lie in honor in the Rotunda of the US Capitol, as tens of thousands file past.
On these timelines: The Civil Rights Movement, USA, Women in history, Master
More from The Civil Rights Movement
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat (1955)
- Montgomery bus boycott (1955)
- Selma to Montgomery marches (1965)
- The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (1963)
- Birmingham campaign (1963)
- King writes the Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
- Freedom Summer (1964)
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