Americans pay tribute to Rosa Parks
(AP\Reuters)
Updated: 2005-10-31 10:15

Nicholas McCauley, grand nephew of Rosa Parks, (right) stands with President Bush (center), and first lady Laura Bush (left) as they pay their respects, as the casket of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks lies in honor at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005 in Washington. Parks is the first woman and second African-American to have this honor. [AP]

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and his wife Laura pay their respects to the late civil rights icon Rosa Parks as she lies in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, a tribute usually reserved for presidents, soldiers and politicians, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 30, 2005. Parks, who helped spark the U.S. civil rights movement when she refused to give her seat on an Alabama bus to a white man 50 years ago, died on Monday at the age of 92. [REUTERS]

The honor guard walks past after carrying the casket of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks who is to lie in honor at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005 in Washington. Parks is the first woman and second African-American to have this honor. She made history by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man an act of defiance that some say jump-started the U-S civil rights movement in the 1950's. [AP]

The Washington District National Guard carry the casket of late civil rights icon Rosa Parks up the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., October 30, 2005. Parks, who died on Monday at home in Detroit at age 92, was remembered as a freedom fighter during a memorial service in the city where her quiet protest 50 years ago led to a revolt against the segregation of whites and blacks. [REUTERS]