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Rosa is born
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Moved to pine,level Alabama
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Married Raymond A. Parks
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Received high school degree
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Selected as secretary, NAACP Montgomery, Alabama, branch
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Became an advisor to the Youth Council of the NAACP Montgomery, Alabama, branch
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Attended a workshop at the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, in August.
Attended a workshop at the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, in August. Arrested on December 1 and charged with violating Montgomery, Alabama, segregation laws by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger Participated in organizing a boycott of the Montgomery bus system -
Lost her job in January as an assistant tailor at the Montgomery Fair department store, Montgomery, Alabama Arrested along with other boycott organizers for violating anti-boycott laws
Lost her job in January as an assistant tailor at the Montgomery Fair department store, Montgomery, Alabama Arrested along with other boycott organizers for violating anti-boycott laws -
Moved to Detroit, Michigan Participated in the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Moved to Detroit, Michigan Participated in the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom -
Hostess, Holly Tree Inn, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.
Hostess, Holly Tree Inn, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. this was in 1957-1958 -
Returned to Detroit, Michigan
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Participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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Participated in the Selma-to-Montgomery March
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Awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal
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Awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal
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Founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
Founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development -
Published with Jim Haskins Rosa Parks: My Story. New York: Dial Books
Published with Jim Haskins Rosa Parks: My Story. New York: Dial Books -
she wrote a book
Published with Gregory J. Reed Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House -
got gold medal
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gore presidential medal
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Published with Gregory J. Reed Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth. New York: Lee and Low Books 1999
Awarded the Congressional Gold M -
Died, Detroit, Michigan; lay in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda
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Attended the Montgomery Industrial School, Montgomery, Alabama
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Worked in Congressman John Conyers district office in Detroit, Michigan
Worked in Congressman John Conyers district office in Detroit, Michigan this is where she worked until 1965-1988