Settlement announced in Rosa Parks-OutKast case

<p>Rosa Parks and rappers OutKast have settled a 1999 lawsuit in which lawyers for Parks accused the group of wrongly using the civil rights pioneer's name in a song title, Parks guardian Dennis Archer said Thursday.</p><p>Under the settlement, OutKast and co-defendants SONY BMG Music Entertainment, Arista Records LLC and LaFace Records will work with the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development to develop educational programs "to enlighten today's youth about the significant role Rosa Parks played in making America a better place for all races," Archer said in a statement.</p><p>OutKast and other contemporary artists will perform on a tribute CD to be produced by SONY BMG, said Archer, a former Detroit mayor and Michigan Supreme Court justice who was named the 92-year-old Parks' guardian in October.</p><p>The parties also will collaborate on an educational television program about Parks' life and legacy. Archer will host the program, which will be distributed on DVDs to thousands of public schools nationwide, the statement said.</p><p>The settlement implies no fault by the defendants, Archer said.</p><p>A message seeking comment was left Thursday evening for BMG attorney Joe Beck.</p>

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