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Birth
Rosa Parks was born. -
School life
Rosa Parks attended school in Pine Line, Alabama -
Tough circumstances
Rosa Parks left school to help take care of her sick mother and grandmother. She got shift work to support them. -
Marriage
Married Raymond Parks -
Education
She completed her highschool diploma. -
Employment
She joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP. She worked as a Youth leader impacting the next generation. -
Boycott Birth
She refused to give up her seat to a white patron on the Cleavland Avenue bus. She was arrested and put on trial. -
Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development.
Rosa, with partnership with her husband and two friends, founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development. -
Biography
Rosa published her first book (autobiography) called Rosa Parks: My Story -
Quiet Strength
She wrote her second book called 'Quiet Strength' influenced by her faith. -
Awards of courage
President Bill Clinton awarded Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom -
Rosa Park's passing
at the age of 92, Rosa Parks quietly died in her apartment in Detroit, Michigan.
