Ruby Bridges civil rights by Marcela Flores

By marcela f.

  • Supreme Court bans segregation in public school

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    year

  • Ruby was born in Mississippi, four years later they move to New Orleans

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

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

  • Federal Court forced the desegregation of school in the South

    Federal Court forced the desegregation of school in the South

  • January Ruby had her first day at William Frantz Elementary School for Whites in New Orleans

  • 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 another Ministers demostrating in Birmingham, Alabama, then turn fire hoses and police dogs on the narchers

  • President John F. Kenedy calls for Civil Rights Act

    President John F. Kenedy calls for Civil Rights Act

  • President John F Kenedy (1961-1963) shot dead

  • Look magazine published Norman Rockwell'w painting "The problem We all live with"

    Look magazine published Norman Rockwell'w painting "The problem We all live with"

  • President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Black Nationalist Leader Malcom X is murdered

  • Rosa Parks, an Afriacan-American woman, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person.

    Rosa Parks, an Afriacan-American woman, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person.

  • Civil Rights Leader The Rev. Martn Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennesse, unleashing violence in more than 100 cities

  • The Story of Ruby Bridges was published

    The Story of Ruby Bridges was published