Rosa Louise McCauley is born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
1932
She marries Raymond Parks, a barber.
1934
Parks receives her high school diploma
1943
She serves as secretary of the Montgomery branch of the NAACP until 1956.
1945
After three attempts, she registers to vote.
1955
On December 1, Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white rider on the bus. She is arrested. Her action serves as a catalyst to the Montgomery bus boycott, which lasts for 381 days.
1957
Parks and her husband move to Detroit where she obtains a job as a seamstress.
1963
August 28 - Parks participates in the March on Washington.
1965
Parks serves on staff for U.S. Representative John Conyers until 1988.
1977
Raymond Parks dies.
1979
Parks is awarded the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal for her civil rights work.
Her mother, Leona McCauley dies.
1987
Parks establishes the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development to help young people.
Her book, Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth is published.
1992
Rosa Parks: My Story is published.
1994
Her third book, Quiet Strength is published.
1995
Parks speaks at the Million Man March.
1996
She receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1998
Botsford Common opens the Rosa Parks Learning Center.
1999
She receives the Congressional Gold Medal.
2000
The Rosa Parks Museum and Library located at Troy State University in Montgomery opens on December 1.
2005 October 24 – Rosa Parks dies at her home in Detroit.
