Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks becomes first woman to lie in honor in U.S. Capitol Rotunda 10 years ago this hour (Oct 30 2005)

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Video: 'Ceremony for lying in state of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks'

(Sunday, October 30, 2005, shortly before 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, who died Oct. 24, 2005, at the age of 92, tonight became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.