Rosa Parks

By rachel.cerda

  • Born

    Born
    Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, AL, to James McCauley, a carpenter, and Leona McCauley, a teacher.

  • 1917

    1917
    The family moved from Tuskegee to Pine Level, Alabama.

  • Education

    Education
    Rosa received some of her education at home and also attended the rural school in Pine Level.

  • School

    Attends Booker T. Washington High School for 9th grade but drops out when her grandmother becomes seriously ill and dies. She later goes back to school for her 10th and 11th grade at Alabama State College for Negroes.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Marries Raymond Parks, a barber at 19.

  • Brave

    Brave
    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat and is ejected from a racially segregated bus. She then tries to register to vote and is denied. She then becomes secretary of the Montgomery NAACP.

  • Voting

    WW2 is over, Rosa Parks finally receives certificate for voting after 3 attempts.

  • Montgomery Branch

    Montgomery Branch
    Rosa and her husband Raymond work with Montgomery branch NAACP's programs. Rosa Parks acts as secretary and later a youth leader.

  • Arrested

    Arrested
    Rosa is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give her seat on the bus to a white passenger. Also Martin Luther King becomes the president of the Montgomery Improvement Association which was organized due to protest against the incident involving Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott begins which will last 381 days.

  • Speaks

    Rosa Parks speaks at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

  • Hired as a Secretary

    Hired as a Secretary
    Rosa Parks was hired as a secretary to US representative John Conyers.

  • Protesting

    King and 25,000 other protesters, including Rosa Parks, march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights.

  • Husband

    Husband
    Her husband, Raymond Parks, 74, dies of cancer.

  • Award

    Award
    NAACP awards Rosa Parks the Spingarn Medal.

  • Retires

    Rosa Parks retires from Congressman John Conyers' office.

  • Releases Book

    Releases Book
    Rosa publishes her first book, "Rosa Park My Story".

  • Assaulted

    Rosa us assaulted and robbed of $53 in the home she rented in Detroit.

  • Reward

    Rosa Parks receives the Medal of Freedom President Bill Clinton.

  • Award

    Award
    President Clinton awards Rosa the 250th Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, the highest honor a civilian can receive in the United States.

  • Death

    Death
    Rosa Parks dies in her Detroit home.

  • Funeral

    Funeral
    Rosa Parks' funeral service, seven hours long, was held at the Greater Grace Temple Church.