Ruby Bridges and the Civil Rights Movement Alessia Mannarelli

By sesson5A

  • U.S. Supreme Court

    U.S. Supreme court bans segregation in public schools.

  • Ruby was born in Mississipi

    Ruby was born in Mississipi, four years later they move to New Orleans.

  • Rosa Parks was arrested

    Rosa Parks, an Afrcan-American woman, is arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white person. Bus boycott launched in Montgomery, Alabama.

  • After more than a year

    After more than a year of boycotting the buses and a legal fight, the Montgomery buses desegregate.

  • Federal Court

    Federal Court forced the desegregation of schools in the South.

  • Ruby's first day at the Frantz Elementary School

    January Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elementary School For Whites in New Orleans.

  • Freedom begin from Washington

    Freedom rides begin from Washington, D.C. Groups of black and white people ride buses through the South to challenge segregation.

  • Police arrest Civil Rights

    Police arrest Civil Rights Leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and other ministers demonstrating in Birmingham, Alabama, then turn fire hoses and police dogs on the marchers.

  • President John F Kennedy

    President John F Kennedy calls for Civil Rights Act.

  • President John F Kennedy

    President John F Kennedy 1961-1963, shot dead.

  • Magazine was published

    LOOK magazine published Norman Rockwell's painting:
    '' The Problem we All Live With ''.

  • President Johnson

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  • Black Nationalist Leader Malcom

    Black Nationalist Leader Malcom X is murdered.

  • Civil Rights Leader

    Civil Rights Leader The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, unleashing violence in more than 100 cities.

  • The story of Ruby Bridges

    The story of Ruby Bridges was published.