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Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama as Rosa Louise McCauley.
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Rosa marries Raymond Parks who was a barber. SHe was only 19 years of age.
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The U.S. Supreme Court banned sergegation on buses or interstae travel.
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Rosa Parks refuses to stand up for a white male after a long day of work. The bus drivers orders her to do so and she still wouldn't stand. Parks was arrested and fined $14.
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MLK Jr. was one of the leaders in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. The boycott started on December 5, 1955.
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The Montgomery bus boycott ended.
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The Montgomery Federal Court decided that any and all laws that require racial segreation seating were in violation of the 14th Admendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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The Supreme Court ruled against Alabama and the city of Montgomery that bus segreation laws were violating the eqaual protection of the 14th Admendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law. This Act would put penaltites on whomever abstructed someone's attempt to register to vote or ability to vote.
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Raymond Parks died in Detroit, Michigan. They were married for almost 45 years.
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This museum was opened at the site of Rosa Parks's arrest in 1955.
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Rosa Parks was honored with the International Institute Heritage Hall of Fame Award.
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Rosa Parks dies in Detroit, Michigan
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The U.S. Senate was honoring Parks by passing a resolution to let her body lay in the U.S. Capital Rotunda.
