1954 May 17 U.S. Supreme Court bans segragation in public schools.
1954: 8th September. Ruby was born in Mississippi, four years later they move to New Orleans
1995: 1st December. Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, is arrested December 1 for refusing to give up her seat to a white person. Bus boycott launches in Montgomery, Alabama
1956: 21st December. After more than a year of boycotting the buses and a legal fight, the Montgomery buses desegregate
1960: August.Federal court forced the desegregation of schools in he South
1960: 14th November. January Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elementary School For whites in New Orleans
4 May 1961 Freedom rides begin from Washinton, D.C:Groups of black and white people ride buses through the South to challenge segregatiion.
16 april 1963 Police arrest Civil Rights Leader Rev. Martin Luther King JR and other ministers demostrating in Birmingham,Alabama,then turn fire hoses and police dogs on the marchers.
11 june 1963 President F Kennedy calls for Civil rights Act
22 november 1963 President John F Kennedy 1961-1963, shot dead
1964: 14th January Look magaszine published Norman Rockwell's painting The Problem We All Live With
2 july 1964 President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1964
21 february 1965 black Nationalist Leader Malcom X is murdered.
4 april Civil Rights Leader The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinate in Mephis, Tennessee, unleashing violence in more than 100 cities.
1 february The story of Ruby Bridges was published
