Rosa Parks' Life

Rosa Louis McCauley's Birth

Feb 4, 1913

Rosa Louis McCauley born in Tuskegee,Alabama

Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks

Dec 18, 1932

Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks

Arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man

Dec 1, 1955

Arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white man

Stands trial and found guilty

Dec 5, 1955

Rosa Parks stands trial and is found guilty

Montgomery Bus Boycott begins

Dec 21, 1955

The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins in support of Rosa Parks

Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed

Jul 2, 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson

Raymond Parks dies

Aug 19, 1977

Raymond Parks, Rosa's husband dies

Rosa Parks dies

Oct 25, 2005

Rosa Parks dies in Detroit