The Life of Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks
was born in
Tuskeegee,
Alabama.
Parks refuses
to give up her
bus seat to a
white man
when the bus
driver orders
her to do so.
She is arrested
and fined $14.
After receiving
threats and
losing her job,
Parks and her
husband move
from Alabama to
Detroit.
February 4,
1913
December 1,
1955
1957
1932
December 5,
1955
1992
Marries Raymond
Parks, a barber
from Montgomery,
Alabama.
Parks stands
trial and is found
guilty of breaking
the segregation
laws. This leads
to a 381-day
boycott of the
Montgomery bus
system
organized by
Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Publishes her first
book, Rosa Parks
My Story.