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Civil Rights Acts of 1875 is Overturned by Congress
Congress deems the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which forbade discriminiation in public places, unconstitutional, and allowed for personal discrimination based on race. -
Birth of Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her parents were James and Leona McCauley. -
Rosa Marries Raymond Parks
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Rosa Parks Refuses to Give up Her Bus Seat to a White Man
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Rosa Recieves Her Voting Certificate
Rosa was asked to take her voter's test three times before she was granted a certificate -
The Supreme Court Bans Segregation on Interstate Bus Travel
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Freedom Riders Test the new Bus Laws
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Rosa Parks Arrested for Not Giving up Bus Seat
She is charged $14, fingerprinted, and arrested in Montgomery Alabama. -
Rosa is found guilty of Breaking Segregation Laws
Today Martin Luther King Begins the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a result of this. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott Lasted 381 days! -
The Bus Seggregation Law is Ruled Unconstitutional
This is what ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott -
1964The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Rosa is Awarded the 250th Congressional Medal of Honor
This award, is the highest honor a civillian can recieve, and was awarded to Rosa by President Clinton -
Rosa Parks Dies
Rosa Parks dies in home in Detroit.
