Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 2004 — Page 2
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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2004
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DETROIT (AP) — Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has dementia and should not be forced to answer questions in her lawsuit against a record company, her doctor has told a federal magistrate. Parks, 91, rarely has been seen in public since 2001, when she canceled a meeting with President Bush. Her lawyers said this summer that she has been in frail health, but Monday’s court filing is the first public description of her health problems. Parks lawyer Gregory Reed confirmed that she has dementia. “It comes and goes,” Reed said.
He said Parks is well cared for and receives care at her Detroit home. Parks’ lawsuit says that the 1998 song “Rosa Parks” by OutKast violated her publicity and trademark rights and defamed her. It also says that OutKast and record company BMG exploited her name for commercial purposes. OutKast has been dismissed as a defendant. Lawyers for the defense have asked to interview Parks to explain her claims that she suffered emotional and mental distress because of the song. Defense lawyers will be able to question Parks’ doctor Joel Steinberg about her medical condition next month.
mannequin of Rosa Parks, (second from left).
A Montgomery (Ala.) Sheriff's Department booking photo of Rosa Parks taken Feb 22,1956. Dozens of photographs from the civil rlghts*era were recently discovered in a storage room used by the Montgomery County Sheriff's office. Chief Deputy Derrick Cunningham said he was performing some house cleaning duties when he found a photo-albumcontaining well-preserved mug shots of protesters, including Parks and The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who were arrestedduring the Montgomery bus boycott in 1956. (AP Photo/Montgomery County (Ala.) Sheriff's office)
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Tew added that Democrats are not taking African-Ameri-can voters for granted and have conducted massive voter registration drives in all of the state’s
urban areas.
“Voters must be ready because there’s so many important issues facing the state of Indiana, especially when you look at the governor’s race,” said Michael Murphy, chairman of the Marion County Republican Party. “Also, voting is a fundamental element of our democratic society. It’s a right that so many Aniericans sacrificed for.” Both Tew and Murphy agreed, however, that the presidential election will serve as a referendum on how President Bush is conducting the situation in Iraq and the war on ter-
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Citizens must have their registration forms filled out and sent to the Marion County Office of the Board ofVoter Regis-1 tration by 7 p m. on Oct 4. Mail I in registration must be post-] marked by midnight, Oct 4. Registering to vote is relatively simple and forms can be picked up at the registration office, BMV branches, library branches or any township trustee's office. Registration forms are also available in IRS tax books. For more information call the Marion County Office of the Board ofVoter Registration at (317) 327-5040. To download an online printable copy of the registration form visit www. http:// www.6.indygov.org/voters.
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