Ruby Bridges and the Civil Right Movement Giovanna Peschiera

By sesson5A

  • U.S. Supreme Court bans segregation in public schools

  • Ruby was born in Mississippi, after they move to New Orleans

    Ruby was born in Mississippi, after they move to New Orleans

  • Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person in a bus

    Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person in a bus

  • After more than a year of boycotting the buses stop segregation

  • Federal Court forced the desegregation of schools in the South

  • In January Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elementary School

  • Freedom rides from Washington D.C.

  • Police arrest Civil Rights Leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. demostrating in Birmingham, Alabama

  • President John F. Kennedy calls for Civil Rights Act

  • President John F Kennedy 1961-1963 shot dead

  • Norman Rockwells´s painting was published, The Problem We All Live With

    Norman Rockwells´s painting was published, The Problem We All Live With

  • Black Nationalist Leader Malcolm X is murdered.

  • President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Civil Rights Leader The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated

    Civil Rights Leader The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated

  • The Story of Ruby Bridges was published.