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Rosa Parks is Born
Born in Tuskegee, Alabama by her father James (carpenter), and her mother Leona. Rosa Louise McCauley is her maiden name. -
Rosa's first incident on a segregated bus
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Rosa becomes active in civil rights movement, NAACP
In December 1943, Parks became active in the Civil Rights Movement, joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP, and was elected volunteer secretary to its president, Edgar Nixon. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. https://worldhistoryproject.org/1955/12/1/montgomery-bus-boycott -
Montgomery Bus Boycott Ends
The ensuing struggle lasted from December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person, to December 20, 1956 when a federal ruling took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional. https://worldhistoryproject.org/1955/12/1/montgomery-bus-boycott -
Rosa Parks hired as a secretary to US Representative John Conyers
After her arrest, Parks became an icon of the Civil Rights Movement but suffered hardships as a result. https://worldhistoryproject.org/1965/rosa-parks-hired-as-a-secretary-to-us-representative-john-conyers -
NAACP awards Rosa Parks the Spingarn Medal
In 1979, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People awarded Parks the Spingarn Medal,[41] its highest honor,[42] and she received the Martin Luther King Jr. Award the next year. https://worldhistoryproject.org/1979/naacp-awards-rosa-parks-the-spingarn-medal -
Bill Clinton awards Rosa Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom
In 1996, Rosa Parks was presented, by President Bill Clinton, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a civilian by the United States Government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao5-ADjeB5o
