U.S. Supreme Court bans segregation in public schools.
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Ruby was born in Missisippi, four years later they moved to New Orleans.
Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, is arrested December 1 for ferusing 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 a legal fight, the Montgomery buses desegregate.
Federal cuort forced the desegregation of schools in the South
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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 Leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and other ministers demonstrating in Birmingham, Alabama, then turn fire hoses and police dogs on the marches.
President John F Kennedy calls for Civil Rights Act
President John F Kennedy 1961-193, shot dead
Look magazine published Norman Rockwell's paiting The Problem We All Live With.
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
January Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elemaentary School For Whites in New Orleans.
Black Nationalist Leadre 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.
