Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

When Rosa Parks Was Born

Feb 4, 1913

She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Her parents

Feb 4, 1913

Her parents were Leona Edwards McCauley and James McCauley

Rosa Parks

Period: Feb 4, 1913 to Oct 24, 2005

Married

Dec 18, 1932

Rosa Parks married Raymond Parks when she was 19. They were married for 45 years then her husband died.

Elected Secretary

Apr 4, 1943

Rosa Parks is elected secretary of the montgomery branchof the NAACP

NAACP

Dec 30, 1943

Rosa joins NAACP

job

Feb 3, 1944

Took a job on the un-segregated Maxwell Air Force base.

Rosa Parks Job

Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks was employed as a secretary for the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of colored people.

Arrested

Dec 1, 1955

Arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man.

out of jail

Dec 2, 1955

rosa parks got out of jail december 2 1955

Lost her job

Jan 1, 1956

Rosa Parks lost her job as a seamstress in the Montgomery Fair

Court

Jan 15, 1956

Browder v. Gayle filed in U.S. District Court

Left Montgomery

May 17, 1957

Left Montgomery, Alabama to seek work in Virginia then Left Virginia and moved to Detroit, Michigan.

Rosa Parks Husband Died

Aug 19, 1977

Died from cancer on August 19, 1977. They had been married for 45 yrs.

Awarded

Jun 5, 1979

Awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP

Womens hall

Mar 13, 1983

Rosa Parks was Inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development

Jan 12, 1987

Founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development.

Retired

Mar 21, 1988

Retired from employment in office
of Representative Conyers

Retired

May 17, 1988

Retired from employment in office of Representative Conyers.

Peace Abbey

Jun 5, 1992

Rosa Parks was Awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award.

rosa parks story

Jul 17, 1992

Rosa Parks: My Story – Autobiography published

attacked

Apr 8, 1994

rosa parks was Attacked in her apartment by Joseph Skipper

awarded the international freedom conductor awared

Jul 10, 1998

rosa parks was Awarded the International Freedom Conductor Award by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Awarded the Detroit-Windsor International Freedom Festival Freedom Award in 1999.

Gold Medal

Mar 8, 1999

rosa parks was Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal

Named by Magazine

Sep 5, 1999

Named by Time Magazine as one of the 20 most influential figures of the century.

Seat For White

Apr 29, 2005

Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally
sitting in seat reserved for whites.

Rosa Parks Died

Oct 24, 2005

Rosa Parks death from complications of progressive dementia .

statueof rosa parks

Jan 18, 2006

Statue of Rosa Parks placed in National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.

Detroit Windsor

May 5, 2014

rosa parks was Awarded the Detroit-Windsor International Freedom Festival Freedom Award