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M artin L u th er K ing jR.and R o s a P a r k s Page B2 2 0 0 6 '> /> < * ( • / ö / u ( / 1t / o n ____ January 11,200b R O S A PARKS Mother of Modern Civil Rights A timeline o f major events in Rosa Parks’ life: • Feb. 4, 19 H : Rosa McCauley is born in luskegee, Ala. In her childhood she worked as a field hand, took care of her younger brother, and cleaned classrooms for tuition • December I9 J 2 : Rosa marries a barber, Raymond Parks. • Dec. 5, 19 55 : First day of bus boycott by some 40,000 blacks in Montgomery after calls by civil rights leaders and preachers. Montgom ery Improvement Association is formed with the Rev. M a rtin Luther King Jr. as president. • Feb. I , 1956: A suit is filed in federal court challeng ing the bus segregation law. • Dec. I , I OSS: Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a w hite man in M o n tg o m ery, Ala. Rosa Parks with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (in background) in 1955. Rosa Parks and M a rtin Luther King Jr. Rosa Parks at a press conference with Montgomery civil rights leader E.D. Nixon (left). In 1955, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., then a Baptist minister in Montgomery. Ala., became a national figure when he came to the assistance o f Rosa Parks. The Montgomery Improvement Association chose King to spearhead the Montgomery's bus boycott to protest segregated buses. After the boycott, Parks frequently joined King, by then old friends, in support for civil rights efforts, including the March on Washington in 1963. • June 19, 1956: fhe federal district court in M ont gomery rules 2-1 that bus segregation is unconstitu tional. • Nov. I J, 1956: fhe U.S. Supreme Court upholds the district court ruling against segregated buses. • Dec. 2 0 , 1956: fhe boycott o f M ontgom ery buses ends. I l g C h y y J ? y / i b u J , M u lti x y n u n C y y tu y u n d ù l y i i y H y jiy / d u d y l/H u n d L d u n u j y / d l u / d n L y d u / Jx . • August 1957: Parks and her husband move to Detroit to join her brother, Sylvester and his family. Rosa Parks in 1964. Martin Luther King, Jr. hugs his wife Coretta following the news of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Martin Luther King, Jr. receiving congratulations and the signing pen from President Lyndon Johnson during the historic signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. • 1965: Parks joins LI.S. Rep. John Conyers successful congres sional campaign. ••O u r f ir e s b e g in io e n d th e d u g w e b e c o m e s ile n t a b o u t th in g s th a t m a tte r ." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The City of Portland, Multnomah County and Metro believe that silence about the inequities of discrimination is unacceptable, both in our workplace and in our contracting practices. We are striving to diversify our employees, as well as increase the numbers of minority-owned, women-owned, and emerging small businesses that do work for us. Please contact the following agencies about contracting and consulting opportunities: Parks shown wearing the Springam Medal awarded from the NAACP in 1979. Multnomah County Lisa Williams • 503-988-5511 ext. 22596 • www.multcopurch.org Metro Cinna'Mon Williams • 503-797-1816 • www.metro-region.org City of Portland: Bureau of Purchases- Greg Wolley • 503-823-6860 • www.portlandonline.com/omf/purchases Portland Water Bureau- Corbett White • 503-823-7490 • www.portlandonline.com/water Bureau of Environmental Services- Harvey Lockett • 503-823-7892 • www.portlandonline.com/bes Office of Transportation Richard Gray • 503-823-5250 • www.portiandonline.com/transportation MULTNOMAH COUNTY • 1979: fhe National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People awarded Parks the Spingarn Medal, its highest honor. • 1980: Parks receives the M artin Luther King Sr. Award. • I9 8 F : Parks is inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall o f Fame for her achievements in civil rights. M ETRO continued > ♦ on page Hfi
