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Rosa Parks Birth
Rosa parks was born February 4, 1913 -
Rosa Parks drops out of highschool
She attends Booker T. Washington High School for ninth grade, but drops out when her grand mother becomes seriously ill and subsequently dies -
Rosa parks marries
Rosa married Raymond Parks, a barber from Montgomery, at her mother's house. -
Enters School
Rosa Parks enrolls at Montgomery industrial school for girls -
Bus Boycott
December 1: Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give her seat on the bus to a white passenger. She is arrested, fingerprinted, jailed by police and fined $14.
December 5: She stands trial and is found guilty of breaking the segregation laws. -
Rosa Parks Secretary
Rosa Parks hired as a secretary to US Representative John Conyers -
Rosa wins Springarn
In 1979, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People awarded Parks the Spingarn Medal -
Rosa attacked
Joseph Skipper, an African-American drug addict, attacked 81-year-old Parks in her home. -
Wins Medal of Freedom
Rosa Parks was presented, by President Bill Clinton, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
