Through My Eyes, Book on Ruby Bridges

Through My Eyes

Period: Jan 1, 1954 to Dec 31, 1968

Supreme Court out law segregation

May 17, 1954

The Supreme Court has outlawed school segregation in the Brown Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas. https://docs.google.com/a/cssu.org/document/d/1aUGhjJz5kmYyuQVFWhWO08jm7lwWDMtEAeZktZRJ6JI/edit

Rosa Parks arrested

Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks was arrested for refusng to give up her bus seat, in Montgomery Al. https://docs.google.com/a/cssu.org/document/d/1aUGhjJz5kmYyuQVFWhWO08jm7lwWDMtEAeZktZRJ6JI/edit

Ruby Moves to New Orleans

Sep 4, 1958

Ruby moved from Mississippi to New Orleans for better living conditions https://docs.google.com/a/cssu.org/document/d/1aUGhjJz5kmYyuQVFWhWO08jm7lwWDMtEAeZktZRJ6JI/edit

Greensboro boys

Feb 9, 1960

Four white students sit at a lunch counter and demand to be served https://docs.google.com/a/cssu.org/document/d/1aUGhjJz5kmYyuQVFWhWO08jm7lwWDMtEAeZktZRJ6JI/edit

Four black students go to white schools

Nov 19, 1960

Four black students go to 2 white schools one of those kids is Ruby Bridges https://docs.google.com/a/cssu.org/document/d/1aUGhjJz5kmYyuQVFWhWO08jm7lwWDMtEAeZktZRJ6JI/edit

MLK.Jr

Aug 28, 1963

Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his speech about segregation, the Mach in Washington https://docs.google.com/a/cssu.org/document/d/1aUGhjJz5kmYyuQVFWhWO08jm7lwWDMtEAeZktZRJ6JI/edit

Civil Rights Act

Jul 4, 1964

President Johnson signs the Civil War Rights https://docs.google.com/a/cssu.org/document/d/1aUGhjJz5kmYyuQVFWhWO08jm7lwWDMtEAeZktZRJ6JI/edit

Voting rights

Mar 19, 1965

Guarantees that blacks can vote this year https://docs.google.com/a/cssu.org/document/d/1aUGhjJz5kmYyuQVFWhWO08jm7lwWDMtEAeZktZRJ6JI/edit

MLK, Jr. Assasinated

Apr 4, 1968

Martin Luther King, Jr. got assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee https://docs.google.com/a/cssu.org/document/d/1aUGhjJz5kmYyuQVFWhWO08jm7lwWDMtEAeZktZRJ6JI/edit