Sandra Akins, 58, of Detroit applauds as the hearse carrying Rosa Parks passes by on Seven Mile Road at Evergreen in Detroit Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005. "She is an icon and I love her. Without her we wouldn't be standing here today," says Akins who lives in the vicinity and had waited since 6 a.m. at a bus stop.
A military honor guard carries the casket containing the body of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks into the Greater Grace Temple for her funeral on Nov. 2, 2005, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.
Mourners crowd into the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, for the funeral of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks Nov. 2, 2005.
The casket containing the body of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks sits in front of mourners Nov. 2, 2005, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.
Family members of Rosa Parks return to their seats after viewing Parks for the last time during her funeral at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, the former first lady, speaks about civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks at her funeral Nov. 2, 2005, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.
Former president Bill Clinton waits to make his remarks about civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks at her funeral Nov. 2, 2005, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.
Richard Johnson of Detroit holds a sketch of Rosa Parks that he did in four hours Tuesday night as he attends Rosa Parks' funeral Nov. 2, 2005, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.
Former president Bill Clinton speaks at the funeral of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks Nov. 2, 2005, at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.
Dwayne Webb Sr., 44, of Detroit salutes as the Rosa Parks funeral procession passes him in Detroit early Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005. Webb said he came to honor to the late civil rights icon who made him feel proud to be African American. Webb was born in 1961, six years after Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus.
The Rev. Al Sharpton gestures as he speaks during the funeral for civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.
An interior view of the funeral for Rosa Parks.
A bouquet with a bus is shown at the funeral for Rosa Parks.
A mourner at the funeral for civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks holds the funeral program at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.