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Philadelphia’s ‘Rosa Parks’ gets a headstone 100 years after her death

Caroline LeCount, a noted civil rights activist, in March 1867 confronted a trolley driver and personally enforced the integration of the city's public transportation.

William Lighter, board member and chair of the property committee of Historic Eden Cemetery, speaks at the unveiling of a tombstone for Caroline LeCount Saturday.
William Lighter, board member and chair of the property committee of Historic Eden Cemetery, speaks at the unveiling of a tombstone for Caroline LeCount Saturday.Read moreTyger Williams / Staff Photographer