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Rosa Parks was Born
In Tuskegee, Alabama to James and Leona Parks. Her father was a carpenter and her mother a school teacher. -
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Rosa Parks
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Forced off of a segregated bus
She bravely refused to give up her seat to a white man and is ejecxted from a racially segregated bus. -
Race Riots
U.S. Supreme Court banned segregationin interstate bus travel on June 3rd. Race riots occur in Alabama and Pennsyvania. -
Racial Segregation in Schools Unconstitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Doesn't give up seat Rosa is arrested in Montgomery Alabama for not giving her seat to a white passenger on the bus. Montgomery bus boycott begins and lasts 381 days. -
Buses Desegregated
The Montgomery buses become desegregated and black passengers could legally take any seat on the city's buses. -
Civil Rights Act
Rosa moves to Detroit and becomes a seamstress. Martin Luther King Jr becomes president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957. -
I Have a Dream!
I have a dream speech
Rosa meets Martin Luther King Jr. She attends his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. -
Rosa Recieves Spigarn Medal
Spigarn Medal
In recognition to the quiet courage and determination exemplified when she refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. -
First Book
Rosa Publishes her first autobiography "Rosa Parks My Story" -
Rosa Parks Dies
She died in her Detroit home from progressive demntia. Her funeral servies was 7 hours long.
