Rosa Parks born
February 4, 1913 |
Attends Montgomery School for Negro Girls
1924 |
Leaves School to care for Sick Grandma
1929 |
Marries Raymond Parks
1932 |
Graduates High school 1933
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Joins the NAACP
1943 |
Arrested for not giving up seat on bus 1955
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Loses job at Montgomery
fair department store 1956 |
Bus segregation becomes illegal 1956
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Raymond Parks dies; Brother Sylvester dies
1977 |
Rosa Parks Mother Dies
1979 |
1st woman to receive Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize
1980 |
Attends dedication of Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery
1989 |
Publishes First book
1992 |
Rosa Parks dies
2005 |