Ruby Bridges Time Line by Doménica Buse By sesson5A May 17, 1954 U.S: Suprem Court bans segregation in public schools Sep 8, 1954 Ruby was born in Missisipi Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat in a bus Dec 21, 1956 after more than a year of boycotting the buses desegregate Aug 7, 1960 Federal Court forced tha desegregation of schools in the South Nov 14, 1960 Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elementary School May 4, 1961 Freedom rides begin from Washington and groups of black and white people ride buses through the south to challenge segregation Apr 16, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birminham, Alabama Jun 11, 1963 John F Kennedy calls for Civil Rights Act Nov 22, 1963 president Kennedy was assasinated Jan 14, 1964 Look magazine published Norman Rockwell's painting "The Problem We all Live With" Jul 2, 1964 President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act Feb 21, 1965 Black Nationalist leader Malcolm X is murdered Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. is assasinated Feb 1, 1995 Ruby´s Story was published
