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important dates
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U.S. Supreme court bans segragation in public schools.
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Ruby Bridges was born in Mississippi, four years later they move to New Orleans.
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Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, is arrested in December for refusing 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 legal fight, the Montgomery buses desegregate.
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Federal court forced desegragation of schools in the south.
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Ruby had her first day at Frantz Elementary For Whites in New Orleans
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Freedom rides begin from Washington D.C: Groups of black people 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 demostrating in Birmingham, Alabama, then turn fire hoses and police dogs on the marchers.
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President Jhon F Kennedy calls for Civil Rights Act.
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President Jhon F Kennedy 1961-1963, shot dead
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Look magazine published Norman Rockwell´´s painting "The Problem We All Live With
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President Jhonson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Black Nationalist Leader 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.
