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Date of Birth
Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama to James McCauley, a carpenter, and Leona McCauley, a teacher. -
Rosa Parks marries Raymond Parks
In 1932, Rosa married Raymond Parks, a barber from Montgomery, at her mother's house. Raymond was a member of the NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) -
Rosa Parks first incident on segregated bus
Parks had her first run-in on the public bus on a rainy day in 1943, when the bus driver, demanded that she get off the bus and reenter through the back door. As she exited by the front door, she dropped her purse. Parks sat down in a seat for white passengers to pick up her purse. The bus driver was enraged and barely let her step off the bus before speeding off. Rosa walked more than five miles home in the rain. -
Rosa Parks joins NAACP and becomes active in Civil Rights Movement
In December 1943, Parks became active in the Civil Rights Movement, joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP, and was elected volunteer secretary to its president, Edgar Nixon. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system.The ensuing struggle lasted from December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person, -
Montgomery Bus Boycott Ending
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. Ending on December 20, 1956 when a federal ruling took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks hired
Rosa park was hired as a secretary to US Representative John Conyers -
NAACP awards Rosa Parks the Spingarn Medal
In 1979, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People awarded Parks the Spingarn Medal,its highest honor, -
Rosa Parks: My Story an autobiography is published
In 1992, Parks published Rosa Parks: My Story, an autobiography aimed at younger readers which details her life leading up to her decision not to give up her seat. -
Rosa Parks is attacked in her apartment
On August 30, 1994, Joseph Skipper, an African-American drug addict, attacked 81-year-old Parks in her home. -
Bill Clinton awards Rosa Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom
In 1996, Rosa Parks was presented, by President Bill Clinton, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a civilian by the United States Government. -
Death
Rosa Parks resided in Detroit until she died at the age of 92 on October 24, 2005, about 7:00PM EDT, in her apartment on the east side of the city.