Rosa Parks

Rosa was born

Feb 4, 1913

On February 4, 1913, [Rosa Louise McCauley](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parksen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks) was born in Tuskegee, Alabama to parents James McCauley and Leona

Rosa got married

Jul 7, 1932

In 1932 Rosa Louis McCauley became Mrs. Raymond Parks in a small ceremony performed at her mother's home in Montgomery, Alabama.

Finished her classes

Aug 19, 1933

Finished her high school classes and get her high school diploma, which she successfully

Civil Rights Movement

Dec 1, 1955

That was the day when an unknown seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This brave woman, Rosa Parks, was arrested and fined for violating a city ordinance,

Rosa gets arrested

Dec 5, 1955

Parks stands trial and is found guilty of breaking the segregation laws. This leads to a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system organized by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Husband dies

Jan 28, 1957

Her husband, Raymond, dies of cancer.

Loses her job

Nov 30, 1957

After receiving threats and losing her job, Parks and her husband move from Alabama to Detroit.

Writes a book

May 4, 1992

Publishes her first book, Rosa Parks My Story.

gets robbed

Sep 4, 1994

A 28 year-old man breaks into Parks' Detroit home, robs her, and assaults her. She says of the attack: ""I regret very much that some of our people are in such a mental state that they would hurt and rob an older person."

rosa parks dies

Oct 25, 2005

Parks dies in Detroit at the age of 92.