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The Birth of Rosa Park
Rosa Park was born in Tuskegee, Alabama and born in a old type of house. She had a younger brother named Sylvester McCauley with a mother named Leona McCauley and a father named James McCauley. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rosa-Parkshttps://hamiltonhistoricalrecords.com/2019/05/08/the-birthplace-of-rosa-louise-mccauley-parks-in-tuskegee-alabama/ -
Marries her Husband
She marries Raymond Parks who he had proposed to her on their second date. There were some difficulties in being interested in him. He later proves himself more and she get's more interested in him https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/rosa-parks-in-her-own-words/about-this-exhibition/early-life-and-activism/husband-raymond-parks/ -
Segregated Bus Incident
It was on a rainy day in 1943, when the bus driver, James F. Blake, forced her to get off the bus and reenter through the back door. When she was exiting the door, she dropped her purse. Parks sat down for a moment in a seat for white passengers to pick up her purse. The bus driver had gotten mad and kicked her out of the bus making her walk home 8 km. https://worldhistoryproject.org/topics/rosa-parks -
Joins the NAACP
In 1943, Rosa Parks joined the NAACP and she was a great element to the organization. She worked with the organization's state president, Edgar Daniel Nixon, to organize a vote registration event in Montgomery. she later claims, "I was the only woman there, and they needed a secretary, and I was too timid to say no."[6]. https://www.biography.com/activist/rosa-parks -
When She Refuses To Give Up Her Seat
Black and White people were to be placed in separate sections of the bus. Blacks were suppose to sit in the back while the Whites would sit in the front. Because of the law that was set of segregation. This was the time where she refused to give up her place on the bus and she was sent to jail. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nerdwatch/video/60-years-ago-rosa-parks-refused-to-give-up-her-seat-577171011884#:~:text=On%20December%201%2C%201955%2C%20Rosa,13%2Dmonth%20Montgomery%20Bus%20Boycott. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest which represented the opposition against the racial segregation on their transportation. The cause of this boycott was the issue with Rosa Parks and another Negro lady who had gone mistreatment. It sparked the movement which was lead by Martin Luther King Jr. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott https://www.insider.com/montgomery-bus-boycott-photos-anniversary-civil-rights-movement-2019-12 -
Hired as a U.S Representative Secretary
Rosa Parks, her husband, and mother moved to Detroit, Michigan. U.S. Representative John Conyers hired her as a secretary. She stayed strong into this position and retired in 1988. https://worldhistoryproject.org/topics/rosa-parks -
Rosa Parks Death
Rosa Parks dies at the age of 92 of natural causes and her husband had deceased in 1977. Her funeral was held for seven hours long. In her honor, the chapel she was buried by was renamed Rosa L. Parks Freedom Chapel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
