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She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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Her parents were Leona Edwards McCauley and James McCauley
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Rosa Parks married Raymond Parks when she was 19. They were married for 45 years then her husband died.
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Rosa Parks is elected secretary of the montgomery branchof the NAACP
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Rosa joins NAACP
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Took a job on the un-segregated Maxwell Air Force base.
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Rosa Parks was employed as a secretary for the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of colored people.
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Arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man.
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rosa parks got out of jail december 2 1955
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Rosa Parks lost her job as a seamstress in the Montgomery Fair
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Browder v. Gayle filed in U.S. District Court
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Left Montgomery, Alabama to seek work in Virginia then Left Virginia and moved to Detroit, Michigan.
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Died from cancer on August 19, 1977. They had been married for 45 yrs.
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Awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP
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Rosa Parks was Inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
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Founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development.
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Retired from employment in office
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Retired from employment in office of Representative Conyers.
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Rosa Parks was Awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award.
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Rosa Parks: My Story – Autobiography published
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rosa parks was Attacked in her apartment by Joseph Skipper
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rosa parks was Awarded the International Freedom Conductor Award by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Awarded the Detroit-Windsor International Freedom Festival Freedom Award in 1999.
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rosa parks was Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal
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Named by Time Magazine as one of the 20 most influential figures of the century.
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Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally
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Rosa Parks death from complications of progressive dementia .
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Statue of Rosa Parks placed in National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.
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rosa parks was Awarded the Detroit-Windsor International Freedom Festival Freedom Award
