Senator, Stars Pay Tribute to Parks' Act

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › November 01, 2005

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WASHINGTON -- A tribute for Rosa Parks at the historic Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church on Monday rumbled like a civil rights revival meeting.

Many of the speakers, which included talk show host Oprah Winfrey and actress Cicely Tyson, praised Parks' legacy and urged the audience to finish Parks' call to bring equal rights to all Americans because sexism and racism still exists.

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Senator, Stars Pay Tribute to Parks' Act

"You're a child of God, you can make a difference," said Dorothy Height, 93, president emerita of the National Council of Negro ...

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