Rosa Parks By Abigailoneal45 Feb 4, 1913 Rosa Parks Birth 1919 Started school at the Pine Level Segregated School 1929 Dropped out of school due to family obligations Dec 18, 1932 Married the love of her life Raymond Parks 1933 She went back and graduated high school 1943 Joined the NAACP https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/rosa-parks Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on the bus. Dec 1, 1955 She was arrested for not giving her seat up on the bus. 1956 Parks arrest sparked a nation and led to the Montgomery bus boycott. https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/montgomery-bus-boycott 1957 Moved to Detroit 1961 Started work at the Detroit Stockton Sewing Company. Aug 28, 1963 Joined MLK in the March on Washington https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/rosa-parks-in-her-own-words/about-this-exhibition/detroit-1957-and-beyond/march-on-washington/ 1965 Asked to become the secretary to John Conyers. 1977 The passing of her husband due to throat cancer 1979 Received the NAACP's Springarn Medal 1987 Established the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development. 1992 Wrote her Autobiography. 1996 Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom 1999 Received the Congressional Gold Medal Oct 25, 2005 Died of natural causes.
