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End of WW2
Was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers -
Brown v. Board of Education
Was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Rosa Park Incident
After Rosa’s trial upon the advice of her attorneys, Rosa deiced not to pay the fourteen dollars fine or the court cost(Reference Library of Black America). -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Little Rock Nine Incident
On their first day of school, troops from the Arkansas National Guard would not let them enter the school and they were followed by mobs making threats to lynch. -
Spuntnik Launched
The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. -
U-2 Incident
Was during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. -
Bay of Pig Invasion
Was an unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with support and encouragement from the US government, in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Octobor 18-29, 1962.
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Letter from Birmingham Jail
King wrote the letter from the city jail in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was confined after being arrested for his part in the Birmingham campaign, a planned non-violent protest conducted by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference against racial segregation by Birmingham's city government and downtown retailers. -
March on Washington
The world was revolutionized by a major protest of over 250,000 participants. the protesters met to form the largest gathering of people to that date.