Rosa Parks By Melissa<3 Jan 1, 1900 Montgomery City code Segregation law becomes official part Jan 2, 1913 Rosa Parks wa born Rosa Louis McCauley born in Tuskegee, Alabama Jan 3, 1931 Rosa becomes highly active in defending the Scottsboro Boys Rosa becomes highly active in defending the Scottsboro Boys Jan 4, 1932 Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks Jan 5, 1943 Rosa joins NAACP Jan 6, 1943 Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally sitting in seat reserved for whites Jan 7, 1944 Took a job on the un-segregated Maxwell Air Force Base Jan 9, 1955 Beginning of Montgomery Bus Boycott Dec 1, 1955 Arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man Jan 9, 1956 Browder v. Gayle filed in U.S. District Cour Apr 9, 1956 Browder v. Gayle filed in U.S. District Cour Apr 10, 1957 Left Montgomery, Alabama to seek work in Virginia Apr 11, 1957 Left Virginia and moved to Detroit, Michigan Jul 22, 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson May 10, 1965 Hired by U.S. Representative John Conyers Apr 10, 1992 Awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award Apr 10, 1992 Rosa Parks: My Story – Autobiography published Apr 11, 1994 Attacked in her apartment by Joseph Skipper Apr 12, 1996 Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton Apr 13, 1998 Awarded the International Freedom Conductor Award by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
