Rosa Parks - The Boycott

Rosa McCauley's Birth date

Feb 4, 1913

The day Rosa Parks was born, Feb 4th, 1913.

Rosa McCauley's Childhood

Jul 18, 1924

While living in Montgomery, Rosa Parks finally enters a school at age eleven. From before this, she was home-schooled by her mother.

Rosa McCauley's Marriage

Dec 8, 1932

Rosa Parks gets wedded to Raymond Parks.

Rosa Parks Forced off a Bus

Sep 2, 1943

Rosa Parks accidentally sits on a seat reserved for a white man. Man yells and forces her off the seat, while the police then forced her off of the bus.

Rosa Parks Gets Arrested

Dec 1, 1955

After sitting in a White man's seat, then refusing to get up and give her seat to the white man, she was arrested for violating the laws of segregation known as the "Jim Crow Laws."

Beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 1, 1955

After Rosa Parks got arrested from sitting on a White man's seat and refusing to give it up, she was arrested, and on the same day the Montgomery Bus Boycott began.

The End of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 20, 1956

The Montgomery Bus Boycott finally ended. The result of this law being passed was that everybody was able to sit wherever they wanted.

Awarded the Springarn Medal

Jun 26, 1979

Rosa Parks was awarded the Springarn Medal by NAACP.

Rosa Parks was Awarded an Award.

Oct 7, 1980

Rosa Parks was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Award by the NAACP.

Womens Hall of fame

Sep 22, 1983

Rosa Parks was inducted into the Women's hall of Fame.

Rosa Park's Death

Oct 24, 2005

Rosa Parks died on October 24, 2005.

Statue of Rosa Parks

Apr 22, 2006

Statue of Rosa Parks was placed in National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.