U.S. Supreme court bans segragation in public schools.
Ruby Bridges was born in Mississippi, four years later they move to New Orleans.
Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, is arrested in December for refusing to give up her seat to a white person. Bus boycott launched in Montgomery, Alabama
After more than a year of boycotting the buses and legal fight, the Montgomery buses desegregate.
Federal court forced desegragation of schools in the south.
Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elementary For Whites in New Orleans
Freedom rides begin from Washington D.C: Groups of black people and white people ride buses through the South to challenge segregation.
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.
President Jhon F Kennedy calls for Civil Rights Act.
President Jhon F Kennedy 1961-1963, shot dead
Look magazine published Norman Rockwell´´s painting "The Problem We All Live With
President Jhonson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Black Nationalist Leader Malcom X is murdered.
Civil Rights Leader The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, unleashing violence in more than 100 cities