Rosa Louise McCauley is born to James McCauley and Leona McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Raymond encourages Rosa to receive her high school diploma, and together they fight Civil Rights issues.
As Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Rosa is a public figure for The Civil Rights Movement.
Rosa attends the famous, "I Have a Dream Speech" given my Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa is arrested and booked into jail for refusing to give her seat to a white person. She is fingerprinted and given a $14 fine.
Rosa stands trial and is found guilty for breaking segregation laws.
After Rosa Parks is found guilty, the Montgomery Bus Boycott begins and lasts 381 days.
The Montgomery buses are desegregated and black passengers could legally take any seat on the city's buses.
On the 25th anniversary of her stand in Montgomery, Detroit public schools establish the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation
Rosa, along with her close friend open the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in honor of her husband. The institute helps youth reach their highest potential.
Rosa publishes her first book, an Autobiography, "Rosa Parks My Story."
President Bill Clinton presented Rosa Parks with the Medal of Freedom.
President Bill Clinton awarded Rosa Parks with the Gold Medal of Honor. This is the highest honor a civilian can receive in the United States
Rosa Parks passed away in her home in Detroit. A year before, she had been diagnosed with progressive dementia.
A statue of Rosa Parks is placed in the Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.
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