For Immediate Release

	September 26, 2005 FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MRS. ROSA PARKS AMENDED www.rosaparks.org DETROIT (October 26, 2005) Final arrangements for Mrs. Rosa Parks have been amended to include a six-our repose in the Rotunda of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, the family of Mrs. Parks, The Honorable U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Damon J. Keith, longtime friend and spokesperson Elaine Steele and former Deputy Mayor and Detroit Chief Judge Adam Shakoor announced the changes this evening. The schedule is confirmed as follows: Saturday, October 29th, Mrs. Parks will lie in-state at the St. Paul AME Church in Montgomery, Alabama from 3:00PM until midnight. A memorial service will be held at the church on Sunday, October 30th from 10:30AM-12:30PM. Mrs. Parks will lie in-state in the Rotunda of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., becoming the first civilian to do so on Sunday, October 30th from 6:00PM until midnight. The family and Institute felt this to be a most appropriate honor for the life and legacy of Mrs. Parks. A memorial service will be held on Monday, October 31st from 1:00PM-2:00PM at the Historical Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C. On Monday, October 31st from 9PM until > Wednesday, November 2 nd at 5:00AM, Mrs. Parks will lie in-state at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan. Public viewing will be available continuously during this time. The official funeral services for Mrs. Parks > will be held on Wednesday, November 2 nd at 11:00AM at Greater Grace Temple Church in Detroit, Michigan. Guests will begin entering at 9:00AM. Internment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan   NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION MOURNS THE LOSS OF ROSA PARKS Detroit, Michigan – Detroit, Michigan - The National Bar Association mourns the loss of Mrs. Rosa Parks, and extends condolences to her family and friends on her passing. Mother Parks, as she was affectionately known by those in her adopted home of Detroit, Michigan, was the matriarch of the modern civil rights movement. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama, she sparked a peaceful protest that ignited the flames of liberty and justice for millions of people of color in the United States and abroad. Within a year of the commencement of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the United States Supreme Court struck down segregationist transportation policies as unconstitutional. As has been said many times: "Rosa Parks sat down so that we could stand up." The NBA recognizes that Rosa Parks' quiet strength was shared by her husband, Raymond Parks, with whom she worked to ensure a fair trial for the "Scottsboro Boys," a group of nine young African American men who were falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Rosa and Raymond Parks continued to be instrumental in many of the civil rights battles from the 1930's until Mr. Parks' untimely passing in 1977 and Mrs. Parks' demise this week. Prominent members of the NBA assisted Rosa Parks at critical junctures in her life. NBA Past President Fred Gray of Alabama was Mrs. Parks' attorney during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, when the mob mentality of the Ku Klux Klan threatened her life and the biased legal system in the Jim Crow South endangered her freedom. A few short years later, NBA member and U.S. Congressman John Conyers hired Mrs. Parks as his Administrative Assistant when she and Mr. Parks left Montgomery for Detroit after repeated threats from vicious racists. She worked with Congressman Conyers for over 20 years. Judge Damon Keith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, ensured Mrs. Parks' safety after an intruder invaded her home and attacked her in 1994. A long time friend and supporter of Mrs. Parks, Judge Keith arranged for a secure new home for Mrs. Parks in an upscale high-rise apartment in Downtown Detroit, in which she lived rent-free. NBA Past President Dennis Archer was appointed by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to represent Mrs. Parks' interests when a lawsuit filed on her behalf against the "Outkast" musical group and its record producer appeared to be spinning out of control. Archer negotiated a settlement that secured Mrs. Parks' comfort, health care and protection through the end of her life, and which helped to further the work of the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development. The NBA is the oldest and largest organization of attorneys and judges of color in the world. The NBA was founded in 1925, and today represents over 20,000 lawyers, judges, legal scholars and law students internationally.