Rosa Parks

  • Segregation law becomes official part of Montgomery City code

    Segregation law becomes official part of Montgomery City code
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    Rosa Parks

  • 1913- Rosa Louis McCauley born in Tuskegee, Alabama

    1913
    Rosa Louis McCauley born in Tuskegee, Alabama
  • 1931-Rosa becomes highly active in defending the Scottsboro Boys

    1931
    Rosa becomes highly active in defending the Scottsboro Boys
  • 1932-Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks

    1932
    Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks
  • 1943-Rosa joins NAACP

    1943
    Rosa joins NAACP
  • 1943-Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally sitting in seat reserved for whites

    1943
    Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally sitting in seat reserved for whites
  • 1944-Took a job on the un-segregated Maxwell Air Force Base

    1944
    Took a job on the un-segregated Maxwell Air Force Base
  • 1955-Beginning of Montgomery Bus Boycott

    1955
    Beginning of Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • 1955-(Dec. 1): Arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man

    1955
    (Dec. 1): Arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man
  • 1956-End of Montgomery Bus Boycott

    1956
    End of Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • 1964-The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2nd

    1964
    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2nd
  • 1992-Rosa Parks: My Story – Autobiography published

    1992
    Rosa Parks: My Story – Autobiography published
  • 1994 Attacked in her apartment by Joseph Skipper

    1994
    Attacked in her apartment by Joseph Skipper
  • 1999-Named by Time Magazine as one of the 20 most influential figures of the century

    1999
    Named by Time Magazine as one of the 20 most influential figures of the century
  • 2005-Rosa Parks death from complications of progressive dementia

    2005
    Rosa Parks death from complications of progressive dementia
  • 2006-Statue of Rosa Parks placed in National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C

    2006
    Statue of Rosa Parks placed in National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.