Influential People in the Civil Rights Movement: Rosa Parks

Civil Rights Acts of 1875 is Overturned by Congress

Oct 1, 1883

Congress deems the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which forbade discriminiation in public places, unconstitutional, and allowed for personal discrimination based on race.

Birth of Rosa Parks

Feb 4, 1913

Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her parents were James and Leona McCauley.

Rosa Marries Raymond Parks

Dec 18, 1932

Rosa Parks Refuses to Give up Her Bus Seat to a White Man

Oct 1, 1943

Rosa Recieves Her Voting Certificate

Oct 1, 1945

Rosa was asked to take her voter's test three times before she was granted a certificate

The Supreme Court Bans Segregation on Interstate Bus Travel

Jun 3, 1946

Freedom Riders Test the new Bus Laws

Apr 9, 1947

Rosa Parks Arrested for Not Giving up Bus Seat

Dec 1, 1955

She is charged $14, fingerprinted, and arrested in Montgomery Alabama.

Rosa is found guilty of Breaking Segregation Laws

Dec 5, 1955

Today Martin Luther King Begins the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a result of this.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Period: Dec 5, 1955 to Dec 21, 1956

The Montgomery Bus Boycott Lasted 381 days!

The Bus Seggregation Law is Ruled Unconstitutional

Dec 21, 1956

This is what ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott

1964The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson

Jul 2, 1964

Rosa is Awarded the 250th Congressional Medal of Honor

Oct 1, 1995

This award, is the highest honor a civillian can recieve, and was awarded to Rosa by President Clinton

Rosa Parks Dies

Oct 24, 2005

Rosa Parks dies in home in Detroit.