Rosa L. Parks Timeline
Birth-Death
1913>>Rosa Louise McCauley is borne in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4th
1917>>Rosa moves to Pine Level, Alabama
1928>>Rosa McCauley's grandmother becomes ill and dies
1929>>Rosa is enrolled in Ms.White's School for Girls
1932>>Rosa marries Raymond Parks and becomes Rosa Parks at age 19
1934>>Parks receives high school diploma
1943>>12 years before the boycott, Rosa is kicked of a bus for refusing to give up her seat.
1945>>Parks receives voting rights after the third attempt
1946>>Supreme Court bans segregation on interstate buses
>NCCR formed by Truman
1949>>Rosa and Raymond begin working with the NAACP
1955>> May 31: Supreme court rules desegregation of public schools
>>November 25:Interstate Congress Commission bans segregation on all buses and waiting room for interstate travel
>>December 1: Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat to a white passenger
>>December 3:Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
1956>>December 19, Bus boycott ends
1957>>September 9:Congress passes first civil rights act
>>September24/25:Eisenhower sends in Federal troops to enforce integration of schools in Little Rock
1960>>Eisenhower signs civil rights act of 1960
1962>>Riots break out at the university of Mississippi
1963>>April 3: Birmingham police chief becomes a symbol of white racism
>>June 11:Governor Wallas refuses entrance of colored students into the university if Alabama
>>August 28:MLK jr. delivers "I Have A Dream Speech"
>>November 22: President JFK assassinated
1965>>King and 25,000 protesters march from Selma to Montgomery
>> Voting rights act signed into law by President Johnson
1968>> Dr. MLK is assassinated in Tennessee
1977>> Raymond Parks dies of Cancer at 74
1979>>Rosa receives the NAACP Spingard Medal
1987>> Rosa Founds the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
1994>> Rosa is assaulted and robbed in her home
1997>> First Monday after February fourth is Rosa Parks day in Michigan
1999>>President Clinton awards Rosa the presidential medal of Freedom
2003>> Rosa Parks is honored with international Institute Heritage Hall of Fame Award
2005>> Rosa Parks dies in Detroit
>>Parks' funeral held at Greater Grace Temple Church
1917>>Rosa moves to Pine Level, Alabama
1928>>Rosa McCauley's grandmother becomes ill and dies
1929>>Rosa is enrolled in Ms.White's School for Girls
1932>>Rosa marries Raymond Parks and becomes Rosa Parks at age 19
1934>>Parks receives high school diploma
1943>>12 years before the boycott, Rosa is kicked of a bus for refusing to give up her seat.
1945>>Parks receives voting rights after the third attempt
1946>>Supreme Court bans segregation on interstate buses
>NCCR formed by Truman
1949>>Rosa and Raymond begin working with the NAACP
1955>> May 31: Supreme court rules desegregation of public schools
>>November 25:Interstate Congress Commission bans segregation on all buses and waiting room for interstate travel
>>December 1: Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat to a white passenger
>>December 3:Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
1956>>December 19, Bus boycott ends
1957>>September 9:Congress passes first civil rights act
>>September24/25:Eisenhower sends in Federal troops to enforce integration of schools in Little Rock
1960>>Eisenhower signs civil rights act of 1960
1962>>Riots break out at the university of Mississippi
1963>>April 3: Birmingham police chief becomes a symbol of white racism
>>June 11:Governor Wallas refuses entrance of colored students into the university if Alabama
>>August 28:MLK jr. delivers "I Have A Dream Speech"
>>November 22: President JFK assassinated
1965>>King and 25,000 protesters march from Selma to Montgomery
>> Voting rights act signed into law by President Johnson
1968>> Dr. MLK is assassinated in Tennessee
1977>> Raymond Parks dies of Cancer at 74
1979>>Rosa receives the NAACP Spingard Medal
1987>> Rosa Founds the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
1994>> Rosa is assaulted and robbed in her home
1997>> First Monday after February fourth is Rosa Parks day in Michigan
1999>>President Clinton awards Rosa the presidential medal of Freedom
2003>> Rosa Parks is honored with international Institute Heritage Hall of Fame Award
2005>> Rosa Parks dies in Detroit
>>Parks' funeral held at Greater Grace Temple Church