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End of WWII
On August 15, 1945 Japan surrendered.The surrender papers were signed on the SS Missouri on September 2nd 1945 -
Brown v. Board of Education decision
The courts decision read "We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities? We believe that it does...We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal... -
Rosa Parks incident
Rosa Parks, a Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress, simply refused to relinquish her seat on a city bus to a white man, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycotts the began the famous Civil Rights Movement. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The boycott was a protest against racial segregation on the city bus system. -
Little Rock Nine incident
The Little Rock Nine consisted of Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Beals. These nine children attempted to desegregate a white high school in Little Rock Arkanasas. -
Sputnik launched
Sputnik is the name of a group of various robotic spacecraft missions launched by the Soviet Union. Sputnik 1 was the first manmade craft in space. -
U-2 incident
This incident occured when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful mission to invade southern Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Missile Crisis was a nuclear war scare after WWII that involved threats of nuclear war by the Soviet Union in Cuba. -
Letter From Birmingham Jail
This was a letter to his fellow Baptist ministers telling how their fight was important and that nonviolence was the most important, and only way. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Attended by 250,000 people, it was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have extensive television coverage.
