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U.S. Supreme Court bans segregation in public schools.
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1950-2000
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Ruby was born in Missisippi, four years later they moved to New Orleans.
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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.
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After more than a year of boycotting the buses and a legal fight, the Montgomery buses desegregate.
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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.
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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.
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President John F Kennedy calls for Civil Rights Act
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President John F Kennedy 1961-193, shot dead
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Look magazine published Norman Rockwell's paiting The Problem We All Live With.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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January Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elemaentary School For Whites in New Orleans.
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Black Nationalist Leadre Malcom X is murdered.
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Civil Rights Leader The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, unleashing violence in more than 100 cities.
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The Story of Ruby Bridges was published.