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Birth
She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. -
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Industrial school
She attended the Montgomery Industrial School for girls, Montgomery, Alabama. -
Marriage
She married Raymond A. Parks -
High school degree
She received her high school degree -
Secretary of the NAACP
She is elected as secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) -
Arrested
She was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus -
Montgomery bus boycott
She is arrested again for organizing the boycott -
Husband's death
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The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
In the 80s, Parks kept working for civil rights and educational organizations. In 1987 she founded The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development -
Congressional Gold Medal
She was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal -
Death
She died in Detroit, Michigan. She is considered as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".[