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One of the worst wars in America was over as Germany and the Axis powers surrened to the Allies. After the Axis powers surrened the Allies started to celebrate.
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This was when the segration between schools started to begin in America. Brown Argued that segration in schools between African American and white students needs to stop. He won his case.
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Rosa Parks was arresed after she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. After she was arrested the bus boycott in Montogmery began trying to end segration on buses. This worked as the blacks were allowed to sit where every they wanted on a bus
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After Rosa Parks got arrested the bus boycott began in Montgomery. This continued untill the segration on buses ended.
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This is when they started to put African Americans and Whites in the same school. Many white were not happy about this action. This was the first way to try and segrate schools.
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This was the first satellite launched by U.S.S.R. This was disappointed. to America because we were so close to launching our first satellite before U.S.S.R.
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This happened when the Soviet Union shot down an American Pilot. This cause an outrage in America.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was to try and gain control of Cuba. The country had become communist and America was trying to make change their type of governement. They invaded Cuba trying to over throw their government.
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This was when Russia was building a nuclear weapons power plant in Cuba. This was in firing range of eastern coast cities in the United States.
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When Dr. King was thrown into jail her wrote a letter to other ministers. This letter pretty much today the world what was going on in America and why we needed to stop the racism.
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The March on Washington is when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marched to the nation's capitol to promote the civil rights movement in America this is were he gave his famous I have a dream speech.
