February 4th is Rosa Parks' Birthday

Rosa Parks is known for her role in the abolishment of the segregation law that forced black people to sit in the back of a public bus. When Rosa refused to give up her seat for a white man, that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955.

Teach kids about civil rights, living in harmony and kindness to others. Try a few of these fun activities with your little ones:

Make these Bus Cookies

Sing The Wheels on the Bus

Make a Friendship Wreath

Rosa Parks Timeline:

1900
Segregation law becomes official part of Montgomery City code

1913
Rosa Louis McCauley born in Tuskegee, Alabama

1931
Rosa becomes highly active in defending the Scottsboro Boys

1932
Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks

1943
Rosa joins NAACP

1943
Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally sitting in seat reserved for whites

1944
Took a job on the un-segregated Maxwell Air Force Base

1955
Arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man

1955
Beginning of Montgomery bus boycott

1956
Browder v. Gayle filed in U.S. District Court

1956
Segregation law ruled unconstitutional

1956
End of Montgomery bus boycott

Timeline source: Rosa Parks Facts.com