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Rosa Parks was born
Rosa Louis McCauley was born in Tuskegee, Alabama -
Rosa's First School
Rosa went on to attend a segregated, one-room school in Pine Level, Alabama, that often lacked adequate school supplies such as desks. African-American students were forced to walk to the 1st- through 6th-grade schoolhouse, while the city of Pine Level provided bus transportation as well as a new school building for white students. -
Rosa Parks gets married
Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks -
Rosa joins NAACP
12 years before her famous stand Rosa Parks bravely 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 becomes secretary of the Montgomery NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization formed to promote use of the courts to restore the legal rights of black Americans)
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Rosa and Raymond work with the Montgomery Branch (It's year long, not just the specified date)
Rosa and her husband Raymond work with Montgomery branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP's) programs. Rosa Parks acts as secretary and later a youth leader. -
The Day She Said "No"
This was the day she was arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man. This famous act lead to many changes throughout the nation. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
December 5, 1955—the day of Rosa's trial—in protest of her arrest. People were encouraged to stay home from work or school, take a cab or walk to work. With most of the African-American community not riding the bus, organizers believed a longer boycott might be successful. -
Desegregration for Black Passengers
The Montgomery buses are desegregated and black passengers could legally take any seat on the city's buses.
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The Death of a Loved One
Raymond Parks died in Detroit, Michigan, on August, 19, 1977, after a five year battle with cancer. -
Rosa Dies on October 24, 2005
This was the day someone very inspirational died, around 12 years ago.