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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.
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• 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.
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