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Rosa Parks hailed as an American treasure; Civil rights pioneer, 92, died Monday

Leaders from around the country and around the state expressed their praise and sorrow on the death of Rosa Parks, the woman many considered the mother of the civil rights movement.

Parks, a seamstress who made history on Dec. 1, 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus to a white person, died in Detroit Monday at the age of 92.

Her simple but defiant act touched off 381 days of bus boycotting by Blacks in Montgomery and led to the repeal of so-called Jim Crow laws of segregation in the South.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked for a moment of silence during the opening session of the Illinois General Assembly as a tribute to Mrs. Parks' legacy.

"Mrs. Parks was among the ...

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