NewsOctober 26, 2005

Gov. Matt Blunt announced Tuesday that all flags at state facilities in Missouri will be flown at half-staff to honor the memory of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. Flags will remain at half-staff until dusk on the evening of the funeral. Parks sparked a revolution nearly 50 years ago when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., bus. She died Monday at age 92...

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Gov. Matt Blunt announced Tuesday that all flags at state facilities in Missouri will be flown at half-staff to honor the memory of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. Flags will remain at half-staff until dusk on the evening of the funeral.

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Parks sparked a revolution nearly 50 years ago when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., bus. She died Monday at age 92.

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