Today in Pictures: Monday, Oct. 31, 2005

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Honoring Rosa Parks

President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush visit the coffin of Rosa Parks, the civil rights leader lying in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda — a tribute usually reserved for presidents, soldiers and politicians. Parks's simple act of defiance in the face of bus segregation in Alabama 50 years ago sparked the civil rights movement. She died last week at age 92

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