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Birth of Rosa Parks
She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA.
He was of African, Native American, Scottish and Irish ancestry. -
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Attended the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls
In Montgomery, Alabama.
She studied here for 5 years, from 11 to 16 years old. -
Gets married with Raymond A. Parks
(he died in 1977) -
Became a member of the Montgomery Voters League
The Parks couple joined the MVL with the aim of helping African Americans to be able to take the exam and register on the electoral lists. -
Civil rights movement and NAACP
Rosa Parks joined the civil rights movement and was employed as secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Montgomery. -
Incident on the bus
Arrested on December 1 and charged with violating Montgomery, Alabama, segregation laws by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.
Black people refused to use the bus for a while after this situation, until they could sit where they wanted (protest promoted by Martin Luther King that lasted 382 days until the racial segregation law was finally eliminated).
She was jailed for her behavior and charged with disturbing the peace. -
Moved to Detroit, Michigan
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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
She participated as one of the leaders of the movement in this massive rally that changed the course of the history of civil rights in the United States (around 250,000 protesters) -
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Worked in Congressman John Conyers's district office
In 1965 she got a job in Detroit with African-American representative John Conyers of the Democratic Party of the United States. -
NAACP Spingarn Medal
The NAACP awarded Parks its highest award, the Spingarn Medal, and the following year she received the Martin Luther King Jr. Award. -
She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
Rosa Parks was inducted for her achievements in advancing civil rights. -
Congressional Gold Medal
She received it after a life of battling racism -
Death of Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks died at the age of ninety-two as a result of a myocardial infarction, in the retirement home in Detroit where she spent her final years.