Civil Rights

  • Early life and family

    Rosa Parks begins picking cotton alongside her grandparents. Parks attended a segregated school in Pine Level, Alabama. Born in Alabama in 1913, she grew up in a segregated world that constantly exposed her to discrimination.
  • Early Life

    Rosa Parks left school as an eleventh grader to take care of her sick mother and grandmother.
  • First Activist

    She was introduced to Raymond Park. Which was the first activist she encountered.
  • Attending school

    Rosa Parks returns back to school to finish her diploma.
  • NAACP

    Rey, Taylor, a Black woman was raped. The Montgomery NAACP dispatches Parks to investigate the case.
  • Career

    Rosa Parks became the Alabama State secretary for NAACP.
  • Left Career

    Parks had to step down as a NAACP secretary to take care of her sick mother.
  • Career

    After Parks took care of her sick mother, she was able to return to NAACP secretary.
  • Opportunities

    Parks attended a two weeks training session at the Highlander folk school in Tennessee.
  • Segregation

    Rosa was defying segregation on the city buses.
  • Violation

    Parks is indicated for violating a Montgomery law outlawing boycotts.
  • Supreme Court

    The Supreme court ruling that segregated buses are unconstitutional, the 381 day boycott ended.
  • Equal Rights

    Rosa Parks join the march to Montgomery for equal voting rights.
  • Rioting

    Rosa attended a five days rioting in Detroit.
  • Riot

    A " People's Tribunal" is held regarding three deaths during the riot in Detroit. Parks serves on the jury, which finds the police who were at the scene guilty.
  • Award

    The NAACP awarded Rose Parks with it's highest accolade, the spingarn medal.