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STRENGTH OF MY LIFE, OF WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID? THE LORD GIVETH AND THE LORD HAS TAKETH AWAY. BLESS THEE, THE NAME OF THE LORD. IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE...
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YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE GREET YOU IN THE NAME OF HIM WHOSE NAME IS EXCELLENT, JESUS THE CHRIST. WE HAVE GATHERED IN THIS PLACE TO CELEBRATE EXTRAORDINARY...
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NUMBER 571, LET US SING TO THE GLORY AND HONOR OF OUR GOD. (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING (music) LET HEAVEN RING...
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BUILDING. >> NOW LET US LOOK TO THE LORD IN PRAYER TO BE LED BY REVEREND GRANGER BROWNING OF EBENEZER AME CHURCH, FORT WASHINGTON MARYLAND. REVEREND...
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LESSON BY THE REVEREND DR. CAIN FELD AMPLE, PROFESSOR AT THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL. THEY WILL COME IN THAT ORDER. >> AS A BELOVED COMMUNITY...
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THE HALL OF FAME AND THE HALL OF FAITH AND THE CLOUD OF WITNESSES THAT NOW ENCOMPASS OVER US. WE SAY THANK YOU FOR LEE AND RICHARD ALLEN FOR INSPIRING...
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SALVATION. WHOM SHALL
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I FEAR? THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF
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MY LIFE. OF WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID? WHEN THE WICKED, EVEN MY ENEMIES AND MY FOES CAME UPON ME TO EAT UP MY FLESH THEY STUMBLED AND FELL. THOUGH A...
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| 00:33:18 |
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BY SAYING HOLY, HOLY, HOLY ART THOU, OH, LORD AND THEY BEGIN TO REMEMBER THEIR TRAVAILS IN ANCIENT EGYPT WHEN THEY WERE SLAVES. TODAY IN A SPECIAL WAY,...
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| 00:35:37 |
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GEAR SISTER ROSA PARKS. RECEIVE HER, CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON. [APPLAUSE] >>
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FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS OF ROSA PARKS, WELCOME ALL TO THIS CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF A REMARKABLE AMERICAN. OUR THANKS ESPECIALLY TO
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BISHOP ADAM RICHARDSON AND TO REVEREND RONALD BRAXTON, PASTOR OF THIS CHURCH, WE'RE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR OFFERING THIS CHURCH FOR THIS CELEBRATION....
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YOU, LORD. STARTED US OFF JUST RIGHT, ROCHELLE. WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, MAYOR WILLIAMS, THE MAYOR OF
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| 00:45:28 |
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THIS CITY HERE. MY GOOD FRIENDS, WHEN CONGRESS BROKE WITH PRECEDENT AND VOTED TO ALLOW ROSA PARKS TO LIE IN HONOR -- [APPLAUSE] TO LIE IN HONOR AT THE...
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| 00:54:13 |
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ROSA PARKS I HEARD SAY 50 YEARS AGO SHORTLY AFTER, TOWARD THE END OF THE BOYCOTT. SHE WAS ANSWERING THE QUESTION, WHY DID SHE DO WHAT SHE DID? AND...
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I AM HAPPY ABOUT
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THE OCCASION FOR WHAT IT CAUSED. I WOULD
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LIKE TO SAY WE HAVE ASKED TO BE TWO MINUTES AND IT TAKES THAT LONG TO GET STARTED. [LAUGHTER] BUT LET ME SAY WHO STAND BY MY SIDE RIGHT NOW HOLDING...
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| 01:11:47 |
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NORTON. TO MS. ELAINE STEEL, MS. JOHNNY CARR. MRS. PARKS' ENTIRE FAMILY AS THE WORLD MOURNS HER SQLOS CELEBRATES HER LIFE, WE SAY THANK YOU FOR SHARING...
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| 01:12:04 |
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HONORED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO MRS. PARKS THIS AFTERNOON. MY WIFE SHIRLEY AND I LIVE OUR LIVES ON TWO SIMPLE PRINCIPLES TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS REQUIRED...
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| 01:15:15 |
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KNOW OF ME. I WAS AN AME PREACHER'S KID THE FIFTH OF SIX WHO THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES WAS TAUGHT ABOUT THE PROMISE OF POSSIBILITY AND THE POWER OF POSSIBLE....
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| 01:15:29 |
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PART BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF COURAGE ROSA PARKS EMBODIED WITH A SOLITARY SACRIFICIAL ACT SHE BECAME THE KIND OF BLACK WOMAN THAT I WOULD SPEND THE REST...
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| 01:18:35 |
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GOD IS GOOD. GOD
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IS GOOD. >> ALL THE TIME. >> AND EVEN TODAY AS WE MOURN GOD IS GOOD. WE MOURN A PERSON WHO STOOD FOR MUCH, WHO CHANGED A NATION, CHANGED US FOR THE...
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| 01:19:09 |
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CELEBRATE THAT LIFE. AND I CAN'T
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| 01:19:11 |
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HELP BUT BE SO
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| 01:19:13 |
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IMPRESSED WITH HOW GOD LIVED THROUGH HER. GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD AND GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE AND HERE WAS A HUMBLE WOMAN. WHO HAD MUCH GRACE....
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| 01:22:03 |
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DISTINGUISHED CLERGY, BROTHERS AND SISTERS [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU MAKE IT CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU KNOW I COME
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| 01:22:38 |
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HERE AS A PRODUCT OF BOTH DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND ROSA LOUISE PARKS AND WHY? BECAUSE I MET HER BRIEFLY DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS
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| 01:22:54 |
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STRUGGLE DAMON BEFORE SHE CAME TO DETROIT. AND I WAS ABLE TO SAY TO MYSELF THE FIRST TIME I EVER RAN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE IN MY LIFE WHEN I WIN THIS CONGRESSIONAL...
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| 01:24:19 |
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SO THERE SHE IS NOW IN HEAVEN A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL RECIPIENT. A PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM RESIP YEMENT -- RECIPIENT AND NOW THE FIRST WOMAN...
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| 01:24:43 |
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JUSTICE, JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE TOO OFTEN WE SEE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR STILL BEING LEFT BEHIND AND IGNORED. HURRICANE...
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VOICES FOR JUSTICE FOR EVEN IN DEATH SHE HAS GIVEN HER THE FINAL ADMONITION. IF EVERYBODY IS EQUAL, WE CAN WIN. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]...
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| 01:27:57 |
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I HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD (music) (music) (music) (music) HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON (music) (music) GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJAH (music)...
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| 01:35:07 |
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HALLELUJAH. THESE CHILDREN ARE OUR CHILDREN OF THE ROSA AND RAYMOND PARKS INSTITUTE PATHWAYS TO FREEDOM. THANK YOU CHILDREN. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]...
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| 01:35:46 |
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NOW, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD ON TIME, NOT PERFECT. PRETTY GOOD. NOW YOU KNOW NOT EVERYBODY'S MS. JOHNNY CARR HOWEVER. [LAUGHTER] >>
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| 01:36:10 |
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MS. JOHNNY CARR GOT A SPECIAL LICENSE. AFTER SIX TERMS AS PRESIDENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION SHE EARNED IT. [APPLAUSE] >> IN THIS...
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| 01:36:31 |
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OPRAH WINFREY [APPLAUSE] >> TELEVISION PIONEER AND MANY OTHER THINGS. JULIA CARSON OF INDIANA WHO SPONSORED THE
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| 01:36:48 |
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CONGRESSIONAL GOAL MEDAL THAT ROSA PARKS RECEIVED IN 2000.
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| 01:36:58 |
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REPRESENTATIVE MEL WATT THE CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 12TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. [APPLAUSE]...
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WINNING ACTRESS AND HUMANITARIAN. >> [APPLAUSE] BRUCE GORDON WHO BECAME THIS YEAR THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT...
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AND ERNEST GREEN ONE OF NINE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS. >> [APPLAUSE] WHO AT PERSONAL RISK ENFORCED BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL....
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TO REVEREND BRAXTON, FAMILY, FRIENDS, ADMIRERS AND THIS AMAZING CHOIR. [APPLAUSE] >> I AM, I FEEL IT AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO COME AND SAY A FINAL GOOD-BYE....
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| 01:39:02 |
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ME LONG BEFORE I RECOGNIZED AND UNDERSTOOD THE POWER AND IMPACT THAT HER LIFE EMBODIED. I REMEMBER MY FATHER TELLING ME ABOUT THIS
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| 01:39:14 |
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COLORED WOMAN WHO HAD REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT AND IN MY CHILD'S MIND I THOUGHT SHE MUST BE REALLY BIG. I THOUGHT SHE MUST BE AT LEAST 100 FEET...
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| 01:40:34 |
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ALL. THAT DAY THAT YOU REFUSED TO GIVE UP YOUR SEAT ON THE BUS YOU SISTER ROSA CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE...
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| 01:41:29 |
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CONFRONTING THE BUS DRIVER, NOT ONLY FOR CONFRONTING THE LAW, BUT FOR CONFRONTING HISTORY. A HISTORY THAT FOR 400 YEARS SAID THAT YOU WERE NOT EVEN...
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| 01:42:24 |
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MOVED. I MARVEL AT YOUR WILL I CELEBRATE YOUR STRENGTH TO THIS DAY AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL SISTER ROSA FOR YOUR COURAGE YOUR CONVICTION. I OWE YOU...
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THANK YOU OPRAH WINFREY FOR STEALING MY SPEECH. [LAUGHTER] >> TO GOD GIVE THE GLORY FOR ALL THAT HE HAS DONE. HE HAS GIVEN US ROSA PARKS AND IMMENSE...
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| 01:43:37 |
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ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS FROM A WHITE CITY I WAS SITTING THERE AT
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| 01:43:44 |
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MY DESK ONE NIGHT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN I DO FIRST. AND OF COURSE ROSA PARKS AND A PICTURE OF MOTHER TERESA WAS ON MY DESK. SO I CALLED OVER...
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| 01:44:44 |
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AND TOM JOYNER. [APPLAUSE] >> SEE, I'M A SISTER FROM THE HOOD. [LAUGHTER] >> AND WE KNOW HOW TO GET IT DONE. IF ONE DOG WON'T ANOTHER ONE WILL BARK....
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| 01:45:11 |
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IT. WE GAVE THEM THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS THAT HAD NOT SIGNED UP AND PEOPLE ALL OVER AMERICA WAS CALLING THEM TELLING THEM TO GIVE IT UP OR TURN IT
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| 01:45:21 |
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LOOSE. [APPLAUSE] >> AND SO THEY
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| 01:45:29 |
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DID. I WAS WATCHING TELEVISION THE OTHER NIGHT AND I SAW SEGMENTS OF THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE HONORABLE ROSA PARKS IN MONTGOMERY. AND I SAW THESE
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| 01:45:51 |
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PEOPLE PRANCING AND DANCING. I SAID YOU GO GIRL. HERE THEY WERE DANCING AND ACTUALLY MRS. PARKS LIFE SEEMED TO HAVE COME FROM A HYMN BOOK BECAUSE THEY...
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| 01:46:50 |
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SEAT? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SEAT THAT IT'S GONE FOR. BUT THEN YOU RUN THROUGH THE BIBLE LIKE MY MOTHER USED TO TELL ME, YOU DON'T...
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| 01:47:48 |
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ON THE JAIL. WE CALL IT THE PEN TEN WARE NOW BUT SHE WENT TO JAIL. SHE DID NOT WHINE, SHE DID NOT EXHORT, SHE DID NOT CUSS SHE SIMPLY DID NOT MOVE....
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| 01:49:31 |
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GOT TWO COUSINS THAT'S GOT TO COME IN AND THAT WAS TAVIS AND TOM JOYNER. [LAUGHTER] >> AND THEY SHOWED UP CLEAN AS THE BOARD OF HEALTH AS THEY CALL...
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| 01:50:04 |
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AS A MATTER OF FACT JULIAN BONDS' THE ONE WHO TALKED ME INTO RUN FOR THE SENATE. I SAID I'M ALREADY A STATE REPRESENTATIVE HE SAID WELL, RUN FOR THE...
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HERE TO INDIANA AND GET ME TO DO WHAT I NEED TO DO BUT I DID. HE SAID IT MAKES SENSE FOR FOUR YEARS AND YOU RUN
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| 01:50:29 |
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EVERY TWO YEARS IN THE HOUSE AND NOW I'M IN ANOTHER BODY OF THE POLITICS WHERE I RUN EVERY TWO YEARS. YOU GOT ANY MORE IDEAS? I HAVE TO RUN. [LAUGHTER]...
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PARKS. SHE DANCED TO THE MUSIC THAT SHE HEARD, DIDN'T GO ALONG WITH THE CROWD. THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH A LOT OF OUR KIDS NOW THEY'RE GOING ALONG...
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| 01:51:44 |
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THEM, SHOOTING THE KIDS. SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HEAR OF IN 1955 AND THAT WAS NOT WHAT THE BOYCOTT WAS ABOUT. IT WAS ABOUT LOVE, IT WAS ABOUT JUSTICE,...
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SALUTED. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>. >>
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I'M SO DEEPLY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE PROGRAM BETWEEN FOUR POWERFUL WOMEN. OPRAH WINFREY, JULIA CARSON WHO I WASN'T EXPECTING TO STEAL THE...
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| 01:53:59 |
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DEBBIE AND SICILY TYSON. [APPLAUSE] >> SUCH THAT IT'S UNLIKELY THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER ANYTHING THAT I SAY. [LAUGHTER] >> I'M DEEPLY HONORED TO BRING CONDOLENCES...
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| 01:54:27 |
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I'M HONORED TO CHAIR. [APPLAUSE] >> AND JOIN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHO MOURN THE DEATH OF ROSA
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| 01:54:41 |
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PARKS. I WOULD JUST MAKE ONE POINT AND BE BRIEF. LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THE UNITED STATES SENATE
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| 01:54:55 |
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AND THE U.S. HOUSE VOTED TO ALLOW THE BODY OF ROSA PARKS TO LIE IN HONOR IN THE ROTUNDA. MANY OF THEM VIEW THAT AS A POLITICAL DECISION. AND THE WHIMERS...
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| 01:57:17 |
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REALITY. THIS WAS NOT A POLITICAL DECISION, IT WAS A RECOGNITION ON A SUBSTANTIVE BASIS THAT ROSA PARKS EXTENDED THE FULL MEANING OF THOSE FOUNDING WORDS...
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DID TO THANK HER IN RETURN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >>. >>
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GOOD AFTERNOON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> IT IS SUCH AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE STANDING HERE AS ONE OF ROSA PARKS' TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM MICHIGAN. ...
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DETROIT AND
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IN MICHIGAN WHO KNOW
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| 01:59:08 |
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HER AS OUR OWN, OUR CHERISHED MRS. PAR. -- MRS. PARKS. TO OUR DISTINGUISHED LEADERS AND COLLEAGUES AND CLERGY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP...
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WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM AND OF COURSE OUR CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. AND COUNTLESS OTHER AWARDS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED AFTER HER FOR...
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| 02:08:38 |
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THE DARK WHERE THERE AIN'T BEEN NO LIGHT. SO I AM TELLING YOU TODAY DON'T YOU TURN BACK. DON'T YOU SELL OUT -- SIT DOWN ON THE STEPS BECAUSE YOU FIND...
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| 02:09:28 |
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WHAT'S A BROTHER GOING TO DO. [APPLAUSE] >>. >> MEL, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. THE GUY THAT I KNOW IS A VERY JEN ROS GOD. HE'S
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| 02:10:06 |
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GIVEN ME MORE GIFTS
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| 02:10:07 |
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THAN I DESERVE. MOST RECENTLY HE PRESENTED ME WITH THE HONOR TO LEAD THE NAACP. [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 02:10:15 |
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BUT FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF DAYS HE GAVE ME THE PRIVILEGE TO TRAVEL FROM NEW YORK TO DETROIT TO MONTGOMERY AND NOW TO D.C. WITH THE FAMILY WITH THE...
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WEEK. WONDERFUL BLESSINGS AND GREAT LESSONS LEARNED DURING THAT PERIOD. I WANT TO SHARE JUST A COUPLE. YOU'VE HEARD THAT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WAS GENEROUS...
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| 02:11:41 |
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AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE OTHER TWO PILOTS IN THE COCKPIT WERE ALSO AFRICAN-AMERICANS. PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT EITHER. [APPLAUSE] >> WHICH GAVE THEM...
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| 02:12:01 |
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PILOTS DO TO TIP THE AIR WINGS TO WAVE GOOD-BYE FOR ROSA PARKS TO HER HOMETOWN. [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 02:12:15 |
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YOU SEE HER IN HER PASSING ROSA PARKS LIVES. YOU ALSO PROBABLY DIDN'T HEAR THAT THE MAYOR OF MONTGOMERY YESTERDAY STOOD UP AND HAD BEEN GUIDED BY SOME...
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| 02:12:41 |
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DID BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT ROSA PARKS WHERE SHE HAS TOUCHED HIM SHE STILL HAS AN IMPACT TODAY AND HE SAID TO THE ASSEMBLED CROWD, I AM NOT HERE TO GRANT...
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| 02:13:32 |
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PASSION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. EVEN IN MONTGOMERY IN ADDITION TO BEING THE BRANCH SECRETARY AS I UNDERSTAND MS. CARR SHE TRADED THE ROLES OF BEING YOUTH...
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ROSA PARKS CARED ABOUT. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ROSA PARKS LIVES. I'VE HEARD THAT WHAT YOU ARE IS YOUR GIFT, IS YOUR GIFT FROM GOD AND WHAT...
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GLORIOUS GIFT THROUGH HER LIFE AND WE CAN CHOOSE TO HONOR HER AND CELEBRATE HER HERE TODAY AND AS WE DID IN MONTGOMERY AND AS WE WILL DO IN DETROIT,...
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MY NAME IS TED KENNEDY I'M A SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. [APPLAUSE] >> I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. AND THE GOOD NEWS, THE GOOD NEWS...
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| 02:17:20 |
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NEWS. LAST NIGHT THE ROTUNDA IN THE NATION PAUSED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS
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| 02:17:30 |
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WHOSE LIFE AND DEDICATION TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH AND EVERY AMERICAN WILL BE FOREVER WRITTEN IN THE HEARTS AND SOULS OF THE NATION AND IN THE...
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| 02:20:02 |
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WELL, I'VE GOT A TALL HILL TO CLIMB. I GUESS THE GOOD NEWS IS I'M THE LAST OF THE SPEAKERS. GOOD AFTERNOON AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. THE PARKS...
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| 02:24:06 |
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OF RESPECT WE CAN GIVE ROSA PARKS IS TO LIVE AND TO USE OUR POTENTIAL TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES. I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING TO BLACK KIDS SOLELY, I'M...
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| 02:25:58 |
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NAMESAKE SHALL RECEIVE IN HUNDRED FOLD AND SHALL INHERIT EVER LASTING LIFE. BUT MANY THAT ARE FIRST SHALL BE LAST AND THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST. GOD...
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| 02:26:29 |
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MAY I THANK ALL WHO HAVE COME THIS AFTERNOON TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN AND WE CANNOT REPAY ENOUGH. I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK...
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STREET KNOWING THEY CAN'T GET IN, BUT THEY STILL ARE THERE IN CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE. [APPLAUSE] >> I WANT TO THANK THIS HISTORIC CHURCH AND ITS BISHOPS...
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| 02:27:27 |
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SELECTION BY JERMAINE HAWKINS. BEFORE THAT SELECTION WE ARE GOING HEAR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FROM A VERY GREAT FRIEND OF ROSA PARKS. A MAN
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| 02:27:40 |
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WHO MADE FRIENDSHIP REAL FOR HER. WE KNEW HIM AS A GREAT NAACP CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER. YOU KNOW HIM NOW AS A GREAT JUDGE OF THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT....
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| 02:28:13 |
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THE ROSA PARKS FAMILY, WE'RE HAVING ONE OF HER -- IT IS THE NEPHEW? THE NEPHEW GIVEN THAT, ON BEHALF OF THE ROSA PARKS FAMILY
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| 02:28:36 |
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TYLER McCAULEY BROWN. BORN DECEMBER 2, 1999. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY FAMILY. WE LOVE YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL HIM. HE
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| 02:29:07 |
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KNEW JUST WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY AND IT GET IT ON. YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE YOUNG MAN? ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO ON BEHALF ALSO OF THE PARKS...
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| 02:29:26 |
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THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW MOTHER PARKS KNEW SHE WAS A VERY APPRECIATIVE PERSON. SHE ALWAYS SAID THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME. AND WE...
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LOCAL OFFICIALS OF OFFICE OF THE
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MAYOR, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. [APPLAUSE] >>
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FRANK FOUNTAIN THE VICE PRESIDENT OF CHRYSLER CORPORATION WHOS A AGREED TO PICK UP THE EXPENSES FOR ALL OF THE PROGRAMS IN DETROIT
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AND HERE AND EVERY PLACE ELSE. [APPLAUSE] >> NOW BRUCE GORDON TOLD YOU ABOUT SOUTHWEST
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| 02:30:54 |
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AIRLINES. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH A MOVING EXPERIENCE IF YOU COULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT AIRPLANE YESTERDAY. WE WERE SINGING WE SHALL OVERCOME THAT BLACK...
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| 02:31:11 |
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A WONDERFUL -- THE LADIES WHO TOOK CARE OF US ON THE PLANE AND BRUCE WAS TELLING YOU WHEN THAT BIG CAPTAIN TOOK THAT BIG JET UP IN THE PLANE THE THING...
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MORGAN STATE CHOIR. [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 02:31:56 |
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THE WDC ORGANIZING TEAM YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU AND WILLIS EDWARDS. LET ME -- WHERE IS WILLIS? WHERE
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| 02:32:07 |
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IS WILLIS? [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 02:32:20 |
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I AM TELLING YOU IT WAS THIS MAN'S ENERGY AND VISION IN PUTTING HIS TEAM TOGETHER THAT MADE THIS DAY POSSIBLE. HE ORGANIZED IT ALL THE WAY AND CALLED...
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| 02:32:45 |
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WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND ELAINE STEEL. [APPLAUSE] >> ELAINE, PLEASE JUST STAY WHERE YOU ARE. ELAINE STEEL IS THE PERSON THAT TOOK CARE OF MOTHER...
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| 02:33:18 |
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SAID WHEN THEY WENT TO EMBALM MOTHER PARKS THERE WASN'T A WRINKLE ON HER. NO BED SOARS SHE HAD -- SORES, SHE HAD TAKEN GOOD CARE OF HER. AND I WANT...
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