****THE OFFICIAL ROSA PARKS FUNERAL THREAD********

[ncrainbowgrrl]

Hillary's up now.

[Roxy66]

1. Hillary speaking at funeral now

I hope she can regain some respect back

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. I'll put an alternate link to the Detroit ABC affiliate here...

http://www.detnow.com/

[slor]

3. RIP Sweet Angel

[Northern Experiment]

4. Barack Obama is speaking now (Rosa Parks funeral)

Can't pass up listening to this man.

[Roxy66]

5. Listening.....I love this man

[ncrainbowgrrl]

6. kicking for John Kerry!

:kick:

[CottonBear]

7. Kick! I love to hear our Democrats speak so eloquently. n/t

[Roxy66]

8. Kick

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. "The Life of Rosa Parks Demands Deeds, Not Epitaphs..."

Excellent Senator Kerry. I think his best speech ever.

[Roxy66]

10. I'm not sure they should touch too much on Political speeches

[malaise]

11. They should

This is the moment to make political connections.

[Roxy66]

14. I agree to a point...there is a definate connection.

But, I could just see them using it just as they did with Wellstone...They love to stoop to the lowest

[blm]

15. Kerry: She sat down so we can stand up and NOT stand still.

.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. I think it is good....reinforce what she did, and how much more has to be

done. That is to honor her. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. This will be good...Conyers.

:hi:

[malaise]

16. There you go Conyers

Katrina and Rita. Voting rights...every damn thing. Bring em on!!
Love yah!

Kerry's tribute.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5244223

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. "Boy do we miss Bill Clinton in Washington"

Boy, am I going to miss John Dingell....That is congressional eloquence.

[malaise]

18. Hit them non-stop

Thank you Rosa.

[Chovexani]

19. Nancy Pelosi up now!

[cantstandbush]

20. Kerry was very good also. Pelosi up now. n/t

[malaise]

21. Photos from WXYZ.com

http://www.detnow.com/wxyz/nw_local_news/article/0,2132,WXYZ_15924_4206168,00.html

[goclark]

22. Go Antonio !!! Mayor of Los Angeles!! Speak!!

[malaise]

23. Aretha the great is on now n/t

[CottonBear]

24. She is AMAZING! wow!

:)

[goclark]

27. Aretha was simply amazing!

[Chovexani]

25. They're really having church up in there today

Sing it, Aretha.

[malaise]

26. This is an all day service

what's known as a great send off!!! When Rosa Parks knocks the royals off of CNN she is large.

[Chovexani]

29. Sister Parks

Is definitely getting a great send-off. I have no doubt she has left at this time to keep on working and fighting alongside us.

[malaise]

30. Yep her timing was perfect

Cindy, Katrina, Rita and Rosa. Four powerful women have sure woken up the nation.

[goclark]

28. She sounded as good today as she did in the 60's!

Now that is talent , she may have aged but she was like a rare wine today.


She went up and down the scale like magic.


Go Aretha!

[Pithy Cherub]

31. Much R E S P E C T for Aretha! She was magnificent.

At first I thought she was going to do Precious Lord, Take My Hand. The Impossible Dream was a fitting tribute. On par with Mahalia when she sang at MLK's funeral.

Truly magnificent!

[goclark]

32. I am still streaming on CSPAN 3

When is it going to be on CSPAN 2, I want to see the entire program.

[Pithy Cherub]

35. Me too! I so hope C-SPAN shows it in its entirety later and

this weekend.

[StellaBlue]

56. it will probably be on again tonight

maybe even primetime, but certainly on late

[malaise]

36. Damn that was a good swipe

at Bush re the Supreme Court nominee. Damn Lowery is having a ball. Tell them about the weapons of mass destruction.

[goclark]

38. Missed it, what did he say

He was taking about Condi( big boos) and that he saw her at the Tribute to Mrs. Parks in Alabama.

Lowery told her that if she wanted to do something, she can work to extend the Voting Rights Bill forever.

[Chovexani]

39. Minimum wage is a weapon of mass destruction

I'm going to be using that for a long, long time.

[malaise]

41. WIll tell you later - Sharpton is hitting here

CNN has Sharpton on now.

[malaise]

33. Nice to see young Ford

talking about the bus.

[dzika]

34. Video - CNN: John Conyers speaks at Rosa Parks' funeral

November 2, 2005

Video - CNN: John Conyers speaks at Rosa Parks' funeral

Video in Windows Media format...
Video in QuickTime format...
Audio in MP3 format...

[malaise]

37. Have you got Big Dog's tribute

Damn this is too good - Go Lowery!!

[Chovexani]

40. Al Sharpton is on fire as usual

What we're dealing with now is James Crow, Jr. Esq.

Rev. Al is PREACHING.

[goclark]

42. Al, " Jim Crow died, he had sons"

On fire!

No one should beg you to vote.

[Pithy Cherub]

43. Al is Bringin' IT!

Preach on Al. The right to vote and black women. It's is truly authentic! Let's have us some church!

[malaise]

45. Farrakhan can preach to

them christians. Damn!! Hitting the religious hypocrites big time.

[Chovexani]

46. Normally I have issues with Farrakhan

But holy shit is he bringing it now.

[malaise]

47. Jimmy Carter will continue

this theme tonight.

Yuh think Farrakhan was speaking about this hypocrite Jakes?
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[Chovexani]

51. Haha

I hope so. He was calling out a whole lot of people with those remarks.

[lebkuchen]

44. Bill Clinton was good, as usual...got a standing ovation

CNNI later cut to Colin Powell talking about his experiences during the days of segregation. Pissed me off that CNNI would resurrect Powell, who has had thousands of opportunities to be profiled on CNNI in the last several years in the most odious of ways, today on the coattails of a true American hero of color.

[TahitiNut]

48. You non-Detroiters are missing most of it. It's here on local TV 100%

Channels 2, 4 and 7 have carried it continuously. It has been an extraordinary and wonderful tribute.

[malaise]

50. It's on CSpan 3

and we have a Detroit link as well.

[Chovexani]

52. I was streaming it on a Detroit station

But it kept acting weird (I think too many people were hitting it) so I just switched over to streaming from CSPAN.

[FeelinGarfunkelly]

49. Who was the singer in the beginning of the service?

She was young, very good (I thought).. Stephanie something?

[malaise]

53. Who is singing now

This is beautiful!! Did you ever know that you're my hero!! Byebye Rosa - you were my hero. I cry for all of us.
Just came up -Santita Jackson. Lovely voice. Jesse's daughter.
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[Nothing Without Hope]

54. ***DON'T MISS THIS THREAD - Audio recordings & commentary, incl. Conyers

Near the end of the replies, I've begun adding links and excerpts from newspaper articles on Mrs. Parks and the memorial services.

The "AUDIO TREASURY" at NPR cited in the opening post of this thread is not to be missed; Conyers' Oct 25 interview is marveous (Rosa Parks was an aide in his office for two decades), as are the old recordings of Mrs. Parks herself from different times in her life:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2194590
thread title (10/30): AUDIO TREASURY of Rosa Parks history & interviews, incl JOHN CONYERS

[malaise]

62. Thanks I'm saving that thread n/t

[StellaBlue]

55. whew

Kudos to Rev Jackson

Everything is political. I mean that in a good way.

[malaise]

58. This is the moment.

Damn Katrina turned that tide for real. Go Jesse! Go Dems!!

This is the song we sang at Bob Marley's funeral. Of course in the background we had Bob singing - Fly Away Home!! Sing on Aretha!!
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[StellaBlue]

59. Like I have been telling everyone who will listen lately...

That 1968 feeling I had been having lately... has recently turned into a 1974 feeling.

I am 26.

This is our moment. This is our chance. If we can move forward just a little bit, just an inch, this is our moment and we have to take it. TAKE IT.

[malaise]

61. I was there for both of those times

and you're right. So many things have just come together with amazing timing to change the direction of the world. I'm an atheist but I love genuine celebrations of life particularly when they're this political.
Sp.

[Pithy Cherub]

60. Aretha & Jesse. It is pure poetry

and just gives me good chills!

[StellaBlue]

57. JESUS CHRIST

This is awesome. I want to wave my hands around and sh*t, and I don't even believe in God.

To me, it's about Doing the Right Thing, not about a supernatural being. The only way to LIVE is to Do the Right Thing. And that's why these speakers have been to engaging to everyone, Christian, Muslim, or atheist.

[malaise]

63. Before I'll be a slave

I'll be buried in my grave and go home to the lord and be free -Oh Freedom!! I love Negro Spirituals!! Rest Rosa, rest!

http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?m=200409

Regular CSpan has live coverage

[Chovexani]

64. The entire service will be repeated on CSPAN-2 at midnight EST

Just announced on CSPAN.

[malaise]

65. Complete repeat on CSpan2

Starting at midnight Eastern. CSpan in showing tributes from earlier now starting with Gov. Granholm and she was very, very good.