Rosa Parks

  • Montgomery City code

    Montgomery City code
    Segregation law becomes official part
  • Rosa Parks wa born

    Rosa Parks wa born
    Rosa Louis McCauley born in Tuskegee, Alabama
  • Rosa becomes highly active in defending the Scottsboro Boys

    Rosa becomes highly active in defending the Scottsboro Boys
    Rosa becomes highly active in defending the Scottsboro Boys
  • Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks

    Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks
  • Rosa joins NAACP

    Rosa joins NAACP
  • Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally sitting in seat reserved for whites

    Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally sitting in seat reserved for whites
  • Took a job on the un-segregated Maxwell Air Force Base

    Took a job on the un-segregated Maxwell Air Force Base
  • Beginning of Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Beginning of Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man

    Arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man
  • Browder v. Gayle filed in U.S. District Cour

    Browder v. Gayle filed in U.S. District Cour
  • Browder v. Gayle filed in U.S. District Cour

    Browder v. Gayle filed in U.S. District Cour
  • Left Montgomery, Alabama to seek work in Virginia

    Left Montgomery, Alabama to seek work in Virginia
  • Left Virginia and moved to Detroit, Michigan

    Left Virginia and moved to Detroit, Michigan
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Hired by U.S. Representative John Conyers

    Hired by U.S. Representative John Conyers
  • Awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award

    Awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award
  • Rosa Parks: My Story – Autobiography published

    Rosa Parks: My Story – Autobiography published
  • Attacked in her apartment by Joseph Skipper

    Attacked in her apartment by Joseph Skipper
  • Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton

    Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton
  • Awarded the International Freedom Conductor Award by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

    Awarded the International Freedom Conductor Award by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center