Here are four important dates in Rosa Parks' life:
February 4, 1913: Rosa Louise McCauley is born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
1930: Rosa McCauley marries Raymond Parks, a barber.
December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She is arrested and convicted of violating the city's segregation laws.
December 5, 1955: The Montgomery bus boycott begins. Rosa Parks' arrest sparks a year-long boycott of the city's buses by the black community.
June 11, 1956: The Supreme Court rules in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. The Montgomery bus boycott ends.
October 24, 1956: Rosa Parks publishes her autobiography, "Quiet Strength."
October 24, 2005: Rosa Parks dies at the age of 92.
Rosa Parks' bravery and commitment to civil rights helped to bring about the desegregation of public transportation and other public facilities in the United States. She is considered one of the most important figures in the civil rights movement.