Ruby Bridges by Carolina Varillas@

Segregeition in public schools

May 17, 1954

May 17 U.S Supreme Court bans sgregation in public schools

Ruby Bridges timeline

Period: May 17, 1954 to Feb 1, 1995

Ruby Bridges was born

Sep 8, 1954

Ruby was born in Mississpi, four years later they moved to New Orleans

Rosa Parks don´t gives seat

Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks, an african american women, is arrested for refusing to give up her seat in a bus to a white person.Bus boycott launched Montgomery, Alabama.

buses desegregete

Dec 21, 1956

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

desegre. of schools

Aug 1, 1960

federal court force desegregation of school in the south

Ruby first day in her white school

Nov 14, 1960

Ruby had her first day at William Franz Elementary School For Whites in New Orleans

look magazine published the problem we all live with

Jan 14, 1963

look magazine published Norman Rockwell´s painting the problem we all live with

MLK arrested

Apr 16, 1963

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

president calls for civil rights

Jun 11, 1963

President Jhon F Kennedy calls for civil rights act

president kennedy shot dead

Nov 22, 1963

President Jhon F Kennedy 1961-1963,shot dead

Malcom X murdered

Feb 21, 1965

Black Nacionalist Leader Malcom X is murdered

Pr. Jhonson signs CRA

Jul 2, 1965

President Jhonson signs Civil Rights Act of 1964

MLK assasinated

Apr 4, 1968

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

Story Ruby Bridges wqs published

Feb 1, 1995

The story of Ruby Bridges was published