Louis armstrong biography timeline of rosa parks

Rosa Parks was born

Rosa Louis McCauley was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4th. Her parents were James and Leona McCauley. James was a carpenter and Leona was a schoolteacher.

Louis armstrong biography timeline of rosa parks life

Married

Rosa married Raymond Parks, a barber, on December 18th. She was 19 years old. Forced off of segregated bus

Rosa Parks bravely refused to give up her seat to a white man and is ejected from a racially segregated bus.

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). Race Riots

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Supreme Court banned segregation in interstate bus travel on June 3rd. Race riots occur in Alabama and Pennsylvania. The National Committee on Civil Rights is created by President Harry Truman to investigate racism in America on December 5th. Racial Segregation in Schools Unconstitutional

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