The world mourns in remembrance of Rosa Parks
In the halls of Congress, the churches of Montgomery, Ala., and living rooms and museums throughout Metro Detroit, people are saluting and remembering the late Rosa Parks.
Excerpts from the article:
On Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 4800 Woodward, will open its doors to mourners who need a break from standing in chilly lines to view Parks’ body at the nearby Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History, 315 W. Warren.
The truth is Rosa Parks lived long enough to become an international symbol of resistance to oppression as well as proof that one person had the power to reshape history.
She became grandmother to the world, two of her four books available in Japanese and German and her image and history on Web sites.
Indonesian junior high school students; Japanese women; African nationalists; Chinese, English and Swedish peace-lovers regularly wrote to Parks.
“Thanks, Rosa,” says it all.
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