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End of WWII
This day that officially ended World War II. Troops were brought back to their homes and also started suspicion about the Soviet Union which later caused the Cold War -
Brown v. Board of Education decision
A supreme court case in which an African American girl was not permitted to attend her neiborhood school. Brown won the case and school segregation became illegal. -
Rosa Parks Incident
After refusing to give up her seat on a public bus, Rosa Parks was arrested and sent to jail. Many view this as a civil rights act of nonviolence. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Inspired by the Rosa Parks incident, The Montgomery Bus Boycott was an act of non violent protest by the African Americans. The black community refused to use the bus system until segregated seating was made illegal. -
Little Rock Nine Incident
9 students were trying to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas but were prevented by angry townspeople that strongly believed in segregation. -
Sputnik Launched
On October 4th, 1957 the Soviet Union put the first satelite into space. This was considered a huge step forward towards putting a man on the moon. -
U-2 Incident
A U-2 spy plane was shot down and destroyed thought to be by Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Attempt by the U.S. Government to arm Cuban Nationals to retake the island of Cuba and get rid of the communists there. However, President Kennedy withdrew air support from the Cuban troops, leaving them to fight on their own. -
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Cuban Missle Crisis
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The Soviet Union arranged with Fidel Castro to have nuclear missles put on Cuba so that they could aim them at the U.S. President Kennedy surrounded Cuba with a Naval blockade, stopping the missles from ever being delivered. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
A letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to the Clergymen of Birmingham and other cities, informing them that new groups, such as the Black Panthers, are forming that are straying away from nonviolence. -
March on Washington
A march of nonviolence in Washington D.C. in the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech.
