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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets and gives a thumbs-up to Fred Gray, Rosa Parks former attorney, before speaking at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/ Hal Yeager) ** FILE **

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Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks holds the hand of a well-wisher at a ceremony honoring the 46th anniversary of her arrest for civil disobedience, at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., in this Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001, file photo. Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at the Library of Congress, researchers and the public will have full access to Parks’ archive of letters, writings, personal notes and photographs for the first time. (AP Photo/Paul Warner, File)

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Rosa Parks acknowledges a standing ovation on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1999, after President Clinton spoke of her during his State of the Union address. Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore is at left. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

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Rosa Parks acknowledges a standing ovation on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1999, after President Clinton spoke of her during his State of the Union address. Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore is at left. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

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This book cover image released by Dial Books shows "I am Rosa Parks" by Brad Meltzer. Novelist and comics writer Brad Meltzer is no stranger to heroes, but his latest work focuses on real-world ones with the goal of teaching young readers how to learn from and maybe emulate the likes of Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart and Abraham Lincoln."I am Rosa Parks" will be released on June 17. (AP Photo/Dial Books)

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A Palestinian activist wearing a mask of U.S. President Obama holds a photo of Rosa Parks when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus, in the West Bank town of Hebron on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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** FILE ** Rosa Parks smiles during a Capitol Hill ceremony where Parks was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington on June 15, 1999. Parks became the first black woman to be honored with a full-length statue in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Wednesday Feb. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Khue Bui)

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**FILE** President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, sit during a ceremony to dedicate a statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks on Feb. 27, 2013, in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. (Associated Press)

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President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio attended the ceremony to dedicate a statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Wednesday before a brief meeting about budget cuts. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks at the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks on Feb. 27, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)