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April 14, 2005: Parks and the hip-hop group Outkast reach an out-of-court settlement regarding their 1998 song "Rosa Parks." October 24, 2005: Parks dies at the age of 92 Event Timeline . 1931 March Scottsboro Boys (Rosa Macauley early activist with Raymond Parks to free Scottsboro Boys: 1932 Rosa Parks Arrested Dec. 1, 1955: 1956 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, leading to her arrest and fine. December 2, 1955: News of Parks’ arrest circulates, and planning for a bus boycott begins among local civil rights leaders. December 5, 1955: The Montgomery Bus Boycott starts, with the city’s Black residents avoiding buses. A timeline covering the life of Rosa Parks, 1913-2005. Top of page. Arrested along with other boycott organizers for violating anti-boycott laws. 1957. December 1, 1955 - Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. December 2, 1955 - The WPC calls for a one-day bus boycott on December 5. December 5, 1955 - Instead of the expected 60% turnout, an estimated 90%-100% of the black community in Montgomery choose to participate in the boycott. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a seamstress and secretary of the local NAACP, refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. As a result, Parks was arrested for violating a city law. Parks’ actions and subsequent arrest launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott, pushing Martin Luther King Jr. into the national spotlight. After being arrested again, Parks lost her job and moved to Detroit, where she was an essential member of the Black Power movement. She was 95 years old when she died in 2005, and she was the first African-American woman to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda (via Find a Grave). Parks was arrested two times during her life. Rosa Parks, an African American, was arrested that day for violating a city law requiring racial segregation of public buses. On the city buses of Montgomery, Alabama, the front 10 seats were permanently reserved for white passengers. The diagram shows that Mrs. Parks was seated in the first row behind those 10 seats. Rosa Parks jotted down this chronology of the bus boycott and its immediate aftermath in the course of reading Martin King, Jr.’s, book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story (1958). She included King’s arrival in Montgomery, her arrest and trial, the subsequent array of legal actions, and the bombings of homes and churches. Rosa Parks boarded a bus and sat in the first row of the ‘blacks’ section of the bus. She had not noticed that the bus driver was James Blake, the driver that had driven off without her in 1943. After a number of white people got on the bus the bus driver insisted that four black passengers including Parks should stand so that white Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions Timeline of Rosa Parks Life 1913: Rosa Louise McCauley is born on February 4th in Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa Parks was born as Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, a small town in Alabama. She was the first child of James McCauley, a carpenter, and Leona Edwards McCauley, a teacher. Rosa had a younger brother named Sylvester. Rosa Parks (born February 4, 1913, Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.—died October 24, 2005, Detroit, Michigan) was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus precipitated the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama, which became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement in the United States. Rosa Parks Timeline Timeline Description: Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement". This timeline outlines the major events that happened during the lifetime of Rosa Parks. The police arrested Parks at the scene and charged her with violation of Chapter 6, Section 11, of the Montgomery City Code. She was taken to police headquarters, where, later that night, she was Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter.In addition to African ancestry, one of Parks's great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish, and one of her great-grandmothers was a part–Native American slave. Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" was one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Mrs. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama when, in December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was tried and convicted of violating a local ordinance. Her act sparked a citywide boycott of the Rosa Parks Research Activities. Overview: Nikki Giovanni's book Rosa explores Rosa Parks' impactful role in the Civil Rights movement, showing students how one person's actions can make a big difference. Top Takeaways. Student Engagement: The book's poetic style and vivid illustrations make Rosa Parks' story come alive in a relatable way Rosa Parks Timeline Timeline Description: Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement". This timeline outlines the major events that happened during the lifetime of Rosa Parks.
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