Rosa Parks dies in Detroit at age 92, half a century after her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
At a Glance
- Date
- 24 October 2005
- Location
- Detroit, Michigan
- Key people
- Rosa Parks
- Category
- Civil Rights Movement
- Source
- Contemporary obituaries; U.S. Capitol records (2005) · Library of Congress
What It Meant Then
She became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
What It Means Now
Parks is enshrined as a national symbol of quiet, determined resistance.
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