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Rosa Parks Act granting civil rights pardons goes to Tenn. governor

Last year, Alabama became first state to pass the Rosa Parks Act, which gives people the option of having their records expunged. Tennessee's version won final approval in the legislature Thursday and awaits the governor's signature....

Tennessee's Rosa Parks Act passed the House 88-6 and was approved unanimously in the Senate on Thursday. It now goes to Gov. Phil Bredesen, whose spokeswoman said he had not yet looked at the legislation.

"It's important because it recognizes that people did risk incarceration for social change and that they ultimately prevailed," said Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle from Memphis. "They should not have the stigma of that incarceration or be put in the same class as other folks who simply just committed crimes."
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