| A soaring rendition of "The Lord's Prayer" moved thousands of mourners at the funeral of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks on Wednesday, with a preacher bidding: "Mother Parks, take your rest" ... The world knows of Rosa Parks because of a single, simple act of dignity and courage that struck a lethal blow to the foundations of legal bigotry," said Clinton [who] ... once presented Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom ... The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has called Parks "the mother of a new America," was also to speak. Aretha Franklin was preparing to sing ... "There will never be another Rosa Parks," said Moses Fisher, a Detroit native ... |
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