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Rosa Louise McCauley was born
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Rosa and Raymond Parks got married.
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Rosa Parks graduated high school and joined NAACP.
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Rosa refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger and got arrested.
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Rosa had her trial and the Montgomery Bus Boycott begun.
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District court declared racial segregation laws “unconstitutional" after Rosa's attorney filed a lawsuit.
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Supreme Court of theUnited States upheld the ruling of Montgomery and segregation on city busses was lifted.
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Official end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Moved to Michigan and worked in John Conyer's office and served on the board of Planned Parenthood.
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Rosa received the Spingarn Medal
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Rosa received the Martin Luther King Jr. Award.
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The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development was founded.
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The autobiography Rosa Parks: My Story was published.
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Parks published her second book: Quiet Strength.
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President Bill Clinton awarded Rosa the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Rosa awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
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TIME magazine named Rosa Parks in the 1999 list of f "The 20 Most Influential People of the 20th Century.”
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Troy University created the Rosa Parks Museum, at the site of Rosa's arrest.
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The city of Grand Rapids designed a 3.5-acre park in Parks's honour.
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Biographical movie: The Rosa Parks Story, was released.
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President Barack Obama unveiled a statue of Rosa Parks in the Capitol building.