Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1913, Feb. 4 | Born, Tuskegee, Ala. |
1914 | Moved to Pine Level, Ala. |
1924-1929 | Attended the Montgomery Industrial School, Montgomery, Ala. |
1932 | Married Raymond A. Parks (died 1977) |
1933 | Received high school degree |
1943 | Selected as secretary, NAACP Montgomery, Ala., branch |
1949 | Became an advisor to the Youth Council of the NAACP Montgomery, Ala., branch |
1955 | Attended a workshop at the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tenn., in August Arrested on December 1 and charged with violating Montgomery, Ala., segregation laws by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger Participated in organizing a boycott of the Montgomery bus system |
1956 | Lost her job in January as a tailor's assistant at the Montgomery Fair department store, Montgomery, Ala. Arrested along with other boycott organizers for violating anti-boycott laws |
1957 | Moved to Detroit, Mich. Participated in the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom |
1957-1958 | Hostess, Holly Tree Inn, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. |
1958 | Returned to Detroit, Mich. |
1963 | Participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom |
1965 | Participated in the Selma-to-Montgomery March |
1965-1988 | Worked in Congressman John Conyers's district office in Detroit, Mich. |
1979 | Awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal |
1987 | Founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development |
1992 | Published with Jim Haskins Rosa Parks: My Story. New York: Dial Books |
1994 | Published with Gregory J. Reed Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing House |
1996 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Published with Gregory J. Reed Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth. New York: Lee and Low Books |
1999 | Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal |
2005, Oct. 24 | Died, Detroit, Mich.; laid in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda |