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RUBY BRIDGES
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SCHOOL SEGREGATION
Supreme courts bans segregation in public schools. -
NEW ORLEANS
Ruby was born in Missisippi, but 4 years later they moved to New Orleans. -
ROSA PARK IS ARRESTED
Rosa Parks, an African American woman, is arrested for refusing for give up her seat to a white person. Bus boycott launched in Montgomery, Alabama. -
MONTGOMERY BUSES
After more than a year of boycotting the buses and a legal fight, the montgomery buses desagregate. -
FEDERAL COURT DESEGREGATION
Federal court forced the desegregation of schools in the south. -
RUBY FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL
Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elementary School for whites in New Orleans. -
FREEDON RIDES
Freedon rides begin from Washington DC. Groups of black and white people ride buses through the South to challenge segregation. -
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Police arrested civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other ministers demostrating in Birmingham, Alabama, then turned fire hoses and police dogs on the marchers. -
John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy calls for Civil Rights Act. -
JOHN KENNEDY IS ASSASSINATED
President John F. Kennedy (1961 - 1963) shot dead. -
THE PROBLEM WE ALL LIVE WITH
"Look" magazine published Norman Rockwell's paiting "The problem we all live with". -
PRESIDENT JOHNSON
President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
MALCOLM X
Black nationalist leader Malcolm X is murdered. -
MARTIN LUTHER KIN JR. IS ASSASSINATED
Civil Rights Leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, unleashing violence in more than 100 cities. -
RUBY BRIDGES'S BOOK
The story of Ruby Bridges is published.
