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Rosa Parks was Born
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Rosa Parks mother enrolled her in Montgomery Industrial School for Girls (Miss White’s School for Girls), a private institution After she completed all schooling available at the rural school.
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Rosa Parks went on to Alabama's State Teachers College High School
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Rosa Parks Married Raymond Parks
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Rosa Parks Recieved her High School Diploma in 1934
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Rosa Parks and her Husband Raymond were active in the NAACP particularly with the youth
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Monday, Dec. 5, was an historic day. The boycott began, Rosa Parks was tried in city court and convicted, the initial meeting of what would become the Montgomery Improvement Association was held, and a mass meeting of black citizens made history.That Monday dawned cold but clear. Morning buses that normally would be crowded with blacks heading to work throughout the city were essentially empty. (Montgomeyr bus boycott) -
Rosa Parks was arrested
I did not get on the bus to get arrested; I got on the bus to go home.
From Rosa Parks with Gregory J. Reed, Quiet Strength
(Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Pub. House, 1994), 23. Contrary to the folkloric accounts of her civil rights role, Mrs. Parks was not too tired to move. Rather, she had been a knowledgeable NAACP stalwart for many years and gave the organization the incident it needed to move against segregation in the unreconstructed heart of the Confederacy, Montgomery, AL. (NAACP.org) -
Rosa Parks Found guilty
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Segregation Ruled Illegal
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Rosa Loses her Job
The Parks payed a heavy price for their activism Rosa Parks lost her job as a seamstress. She and her husband were constantly harassed and threatened, which the family believes caused Raymond to suffer a nervous breakdown. (Montgomerybusboycott) -
Montgomery Bus Boycott over
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Rosa Parks receives NAACP's Spring Arn Medal
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Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development was founded
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Rosa Parks Dies
