Rosa Parks By akmitchell Feb 4, 1913 Born in Tuskegee, Alabama Dec 1, 1932 Marries Raymond Parks May 20, 1934 Receives high school diploma Jan 27, 1943 Becomes secretary of the Montgomery Chapter of the NAACP Nov 6, 1945 Registers to vote Dec 1, 1955 Arested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white man on December 1 Montgomery bus boycott starts Dec 1, 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycutt ends Jan 1, 1992 Published her first book, Rosa Parks; My Story Mar 8, 1996 Receives highest US civilian honor the Presidential Medal of Freedom Jan 27, 1999 Awarded the Congress Gold Medal of Honor; Named by TIME magazine as one of the twenty most powerful figures of the century. Jan 30, 2005 Dies at 92