Half a century after his death he was paid the unusual tribute of becoming the subject of a feature film.
Randy Cross, the 49ers' 34-year-old center playing his last game before retirement, paid an unusual tribute to Rice.
It functions best as an unusual tribute to racial differences and, by extension, an argument for racial tolerance.
The orchestra paid an unusual tribute to another past music director, Leonard Bernstein, who would have relished the occasion if he were still alive.
One of the more unusual tributes flowing into Moscow after this week's aborted coup was an offer of free salmon.
That is an unusual tribute, especially for a company that has been doing improvisations for 16 years.
His zeal once even prompted Lester Pearson into an unusual tribute.
In publishing the unusual tribute this month, the union, 1199/S.
This is in some ways an unusual tribute to a jazz master.
Wright was treated to a variety of unusual tributes.