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Source: NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"

Roundup

11-4-05

Personal Stories of the Real Rosa Parks [4min]

Ed Gordon speaks with the Rev. Robert Graetz, former pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Montgomery, Ala. Graetz lived across the street from Rosa Parks during the civil rights era of the 1950s and '60s, and shares his personal stories about her.

Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"