A timeline covering the life of Rosa Parks, 1913-2005. Top of page. 1949. Became an advisor to the Youth Council of the NAACP Montgomery, Alabama, branch. 1955. 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 Rosa Parks - Who is She? 1913. 1940. 1950. 1914. Rosa Parks arrested and fined for refusing her seat at the front of the bus. Dec. 1, 1955. Montgomery Bus Boycott. Dec. 5th 1955. 1943. Rosa Parks Education Journey from 1914-1933. Rosa Parks is selected as secretary of the Montgomery NAACP branch and then later, in 1949, becomes advisor to the Rosa Parks 1943-Rosa is denied the right to register to vote and is put off a city bus for refusing to enter through the back door. Becomes secretary of the Montgomery NAACP. 1944-Rosa is denied the right to vote for the second time. 1945-Successfully registers to vote. 1949-Becomes advisor to NAACP Youth Council. 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 meets with the Pope in St. Louis and reads a statement to the Pope asking for racial healing. 2005: Rosa Parks dies Rosa Parks dies in her Detroit home on October 24th. Rosa Parks' funeral service, seven hours long, was held at the Greater Grace Temple Church on November 2nd. She died of progressive dementia. 2006: statue Rosa Parks mother, Leona Macauley dies: 1987 Rosa Parks co-founds the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development with long time friend Elaine Eason Steele: 1988 Retires from Congressman Conyers Detroit office: 1989 First Pathways to Freedom ride: 1989 Bust of Rosa Parks unveiled at the Smithsonian: 1990 Rosa Parks has received View the timeline in table format 2000-The Rosa parks Library and Meseum dedicated at troy university in montgomery, Alabama. 2005-Rosa parks death from complications of pregressive dementia 2006-Statue of Rosa parks placed in national Statuary hall in Washington, D.C. "Rosa Parks Timeline." Rosa Parks Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2014. 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. 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. 1932 Married Raymond Parks Dec. 18, 1932 1934 Received High School Diploma 1949 Montgomery Branch NAACP Advisor to the Youth Council 1955 Summer Attends Workshop at Highlander Folk School in 1949. Youth Council advisor of the NAACP Rosa Parks was arrested, along with other Civil Rights activists for organizing the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama Life of Rosa Parks Dec 18, 1932. Rosa Gets Married Jun 1, 1943. NAACP Warriors Don't Cry Timeline Project. 1960smush#ehigg$ Sidney Mcmath. Civil Rights Stuff. 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. to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), promoting the welfare of blacks. Rosa parks moved to Michigan and helped freed Slavs You might like: The life of Rosa Luxemburg 12 years before Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat and is forced from the bus.She then tries to register to vote and is denied. She becomes secretary of the Montgomery NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization formed to promote use of the courts to restore the legal rights of black Americans) Rosa Parks Timeline. 1943. Parks joins the Montgomery NAACP. 1949. The Woman’s Political Council (WPC) is formed. 1955. Rosa Parks is arrested.
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