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1913
Rosa Louis McCauley born in Tuskegee, Alabama


1932
Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks




1943
Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally sitting in seat reserved for whites


1955
(Dec. 1): Arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man


1965
Hired by U.S. Representative John Conyers


1979
Awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP


1980
Awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Award by the NAACP


1987
Founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development



1992
Awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award

1992
Rosa Parks

: My Story – Autobiography published

1994
Attacked in her apartment by Joseph Skipper

1999
Named by Time Magazine as one of the 20 most influential figures of the century

2005
Rosa Parks death from complications of progressive dementia

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