October 25, 2005

Detroit remembers Parks as \'a symbol of strength\'

Wayne State employees offered comments in a story about the death of Rosa Parks. Anglenn Perryman, 38, a groundskeeper and political science student, called Parks \"a symbol of strength at a time we really needed it. We needed someone like her, a black woman all by herself, to stand up. By standing up that gives us motivation and the inspiration to this day." Rodney Redmond, 48, a parking attendant, said she was a brave, brave person. \"They need to do her right,\'\' in celebrating her homecoming, he said."They ought to do her like they did Coleman Young or Martin Luther King. There should be a holiday for her, too.\'\'

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