Ruby Bridges and the Civil Right Movement Giovanna Peschiera By sesson5A May 17, 1954 U.S. Supreme Court bans segregation in public schools Sep 8, 1954 Ruby was born in Mississippi, after they move to New Orleans Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person in a bus Dec 21, 1956 After more than a year of boycotting the buses stop segregation Aug 1, 1960 Federal Court forced the desegregation of schools in the South Nov 14, 1960 In January Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elementary School May 4, 1961 Freedom rides from Washington D.C. Apr 16, 1963 Police arrest Civil Rights Leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. demostrating in Birmingham, Alabama Jun 11, 1963 President John F. Kennedy calls for Civil Rights Act Nov 22, 1963 President John F Kennedy 1961-1963 shot dead Jan 14, 1964 Norman Rockwells´s painting was published, The Problem We All Live With Feb 21, 1964 Black Nationalist Leader Malcolm X is murdered. Jul 2, 1964 President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Apr 4, 1968 Civil Rights Leader The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated Feb 1, 1995 The Story of Ruby Bridges was published.
