Rosa Parks is fondly remembered for her part in the Civil Rights Movement.
Rosa Parks Timeline
Feb. 4, 1913 - Rosa Louise McCauley is born in Tuskegee, Alabama to James and Leona McCauley.
1932 - Marries Raymond Parks, a barber from Montgomery, Alabama. Raymond is a member of the NAACP.
1934 - Receives her high school diploma after her husband urges her to do so.
Dec. 1943 - Ms. Parks joins the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP and is elected secretary to its president, E.D. Nixon. She later says of this: "I was the only woman there, and they needed a secretary, and I was too timid to say no."
Dec. 1, 1955 - She refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man when the bus driver orders her to do so. She is arrested and fined $14.
Dec. 5, 1955 - Ms. Parks stands trial and is found guilty of breaking the segregation laws. This leads to a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system organized by Martin Luther King, Jr.
1957 - After receiving threats and losing her job, Parks and her husband move from Alabama to Detroit.
1977 - Her husband, Raymond, dies of cancer.
1980 - In honor of the 25th anniversary of her bus stand, The Detroit News and Detroit Public Schools establish the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation.
1987 – Ms. Parks founds the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development.
1992 - Publishes her first book, Rosa Parks My Story.
1995 - Speaks at the Million Man March in Washington, D.C.
1999 - President Clinton awards her the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.
2000 - The Rosa Parks Museum and Library opens in Montgomery, Alabama.
Oct. 2004 - In Detroit her landlord decides to let her live indefinitely in her apartment without having to pay rent.
Oct. 25, 2005 - Ms. Parks dies in Detroit at the age of 92.
Oct. 30, 2005 - She Became the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda, Washington D.C.
Nov. 2, 2005 - Rosa Parks is buried in Detroit with the bodies of her husband and her mother.
2006 - Statue of Rosa Parks placed in National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.
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