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End Of WW2
Germans finally surrender after a long and terrible war. -
brown v board of education
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation between black and white schools would no longer be tolerated. Seprate but equal no longer applied. -
Rosa Parks Incident
Rosa Parks, An African American Was Sitting In Her Section Of The Bus When Another White Man Got On, With No Other Seats Left, the Driver Asked Her To Give Hers Up. When She Refused She Was Arrested. -
Little Rock Nine Incident
There Were Nine Black Students Enrolled In An All White School In Little Rock, Arkansas. This Didn't Go Over Well With Many Of The Students Or Parents Resulting Alot Of Hardships For the Nine Blacks. -
Sputnik Launched
The Worlds First Artificial Orbiting Satellite. The Launching Of Sputnik Also Lead To The Creation Of The Explorer Of NASA. -
U-2 Incident
A U.S. Plane was shot down while flying over the Soviet Union. The Severity of The Crisis was increased. -
Bay Of Pigs Invasion
Attempt by the CIA, Trained Cuban Exiles To Over Throw The Cuban Government. Supported by the U.S. But There Was A Leak And They Were Already There Waiting There. -
A Letter From Birmingham Jail
Martain Luther King Junior Wrote this Letter To The Clergymen Of Alabama Who Were Opposing His Methods, In Order To Inform Them Of His Intetions And Persuade Their Beliefs. -
March On Washington
Martin Luther King Jr and many other powerful African American Leaders, led 200,000, To have a non - violent protest against blacks at the Lincoln Memorial.