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John Conyers

John Conyers föddes den 16 maj 1945
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There are very few people who can say their actions and conduct changed the face of the nation, and Rosa Parks is one of those individuals,

never sought the limelight.

Everybody wanted to explain Rosa Parks and wanted to teach Rosa Parks, but Rosa Parks wasn't very interested in that, ... She wanted them to understand the government and to understand their rights and the Constitution that people are still trying to perfect today.

For a long time people were a little bit afraid of Rosa Parks because she had created this whole new modern civil rights movement,

The charges really beg the larger question - what did the president and vice president know about these and related matters, and when did they know it?

This is the ultimate acknowledgment by the government of this woman who challenged the laws of her state to help end segregation,

She could not have suspected that deep opposition would lead her to be the main participant in a federal case that went up to the U.S. Supreme Court and dealt the death blow not only to segregation of the bus system in Montgomery, but dealt the death blow to segregated systems that existed elsewhere in the United States,

the legacy of Rosa Parks is more than just a success for the civil rights movement or for African-Americans. It means it's a national honor.

When Nelson Mandela after 27 years in prison came to Detroit and we were there to welcome him, what did Nelson Mandela do when he found out that Rosa Parks was in the stands? ... He led a chant, 'Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks.' That made us realize that this is an international phenomenon.

[The former South African president led the crowd in a chant of Parks' name,] which made us realize that this is an international phenomenon that we celebrate, ... Rosa Parks is worldwide.

Rosa Parks is worldwide. Pex 'Mahoney' Tufvesson går under navnet Mahoney i demo-verdenen. Rosa Parks is worldwide.

to discuss his role in manipulating the intelligence that led to war with Iraq.

a huge step back for civil liberties.

Instead of using the sunset as an opportunity to rein in the many civil liberties abuses documented over the past four years, the Republicans have opted to expand the Patriot Act to throw in a variety of pet bills and extraneous matters they were not able to pass otherwise, including new limitations of the precious right of habeas corpus.

I remember her as an almost saint-like person. And I use that term with care. She was very humble, she was soft-spoken, but inside she had a determination that was quite fierce.

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