![]() ![]() Capitol Police estimated the crowd at more than 30,000 but some participants said it was far bigger. ![]() Parks is the first woman to lie in honor in the Rotunda, sharing the tribute given to Abraham Lincoln, John F. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. Rumsfeld and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to Rep. Parks' memorial brought together leaders of both political parties, from Defense Secretary Donald H. Oprah Winfrey, who was born in Mississippi during segregation, said Parks' stand "changed the trajectory of my life and the lives of so many other people in the world." Church in Washington, Parks was remembered for the example she set with a simple act of defiance: refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery city bus on Dec. In a three-hour memorial service Monday at historic Metropolitan A.M.E. ![]()
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