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Birth: Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.
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NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
She became adviser of an association to promote the welfare of blacks. -
Montgomery Improvement Association
Whose purpose was the defense of the civil rights of the black minority. Martin Luther King was its president. The association organized a Montgomery bus boycott that had a massive following and was a resounding success: it lasted 382 days and helped to make the cause of Montgomery African-Americans known throughout the world. As a result, the US government was forced to abolish segregation in public transport. -
Bus
The struggle for equal rights in North America made him world famous. He refused to give up his seat on the bus to a white traveler. The driver called the police and the woman was arrested and forced to pay a fine of fourteen dollars. -
John Conyers
She started working for him. -
Institute Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
She founded after his husband death dedicated to personal development. -
Civil Rights Memorial
She participated in the inaguration in Montgomery, Alabama -
Gold Medal of Congress
She received from President Bill Clinton. -
Death: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
