Bush praises woman's courage

The president said her defiance 50 years ago was an 'act of personal courage.''
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush praised Rosa Parks on Tuesday as "one of the most inspiring women of the 20th century."
The civil rights icon, who died Monday night at age 92, set an example that helped touch off a movement that "transformed America for the better," Bush said. "She will always have a special place in American history, and our nation thinks of Rosa Parks and her loved ones today."
Bush mentioned her at the beginning of an Iraq speech at a local military base.
"Fifty years ago in Montgomery, Ala., this humble seamstress stood up to injustice by refusing a bus driver's order that she give up her seat for a white man," Bush said. "Her show of defiance was an act of personal courage that moved millions, including a young preacher named Martin Luther King."