[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 140 (Friday, October 28, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2218]
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                         TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS

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                               speech of

                          HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 26, 2005

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, along with all the constituents of the 11th 
Congressional District I mourn the death of Rosa Parks on October 24, 
2005. From that band of anonymous great angels who always come forward 
to rescue America in times of great stress and decline Rosa Parks 
marched forth. She sat down in order to stand up for the basic rights 
of millions of oppressed African Americans. Outwardly she appeared to 
be a plain ordinary citizen but inside the small lady was a magnificent 
giant with great courage and tenacity. She was a spark plug who set the 
soul of Martin Luther King on fire. A blazing powerful movement was 
born from this union in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks became the 
mother of the Civil Rights Movement which changed America to make our 
Nation more like God and the constitution meant for it to be.

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