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End of WWII
After the war ended, all the soldiers came home. They all wanted to start families and live a normal life, thus creating the Baby Boomer generation. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The ensuing Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, and then attended after the intervention of President Eisenhower. -
Brown v. Board of Education Decision
The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state-sponsored segregation. The unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." -
Rosa Parks Incedent
Rosa Parks, a Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress, simply refused to relinquish her seat on a city bus to a white man. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Sputnik
Sputnik 1 launched the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. -
U2 Incident
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. -
Bay of Pigs
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. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Letter from Birmingham Jail
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Washington March
A large political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African Americans that took place in Washington, D.C.
Where famous "I have a Dream" speech was made.
