Rosa Parks To Lie In Honor In Capitol Rotunda
LIN: It is a weekend of special tribute to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. Thousands of mourners passed by her casket today in Montgomery, Alabama. And tomorrow begins lying in honor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Rosa Parks was a trailblazer to the end.</s>LIN (voice-over): It's an honor typically reserved for lawmakers military leaders and presidents, like Ronald Reagan. 50 years after she helped spark the civil rights movement by refusing to move to the back of the bus, Rosa Parks will lie in honor the Capitol Rotunda. A civil rights pioneer making history again.</s>ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER: I am expected to be a first- class citizen and I won't be one and I have struggled hard.</s>LIN: After Parks dies last week, Congress passed a resolution allowing her to lie in honor, quote, so that the citizens United States may pay their last respects to this great American. The woman recognized around the world will be visited by crowds at the Capitol for two days. She be the first woman and only second African-American ever to lie in the Rotunda. A final trailblazing event for a woman who help transform the nation.</s>LIN: Rosa Parks' coffin will lie in honor tomorrow from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. And for three hours on Monday Morning from 7:00 until 10:00. Her funeral is Wednesday in Detroit. We'll be right back.