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John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States.
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200,000 people marched on Washington to demand civil rights and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a Dream" speech.
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President John F. Kennedy is assissinated
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Lyndon Johnson becomes President of the United States after John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
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The black Malcolm X is murdered.
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America decides to withdraw from the Vietnam War
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The Vietnam War is extended to Cambodia.
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Thurgood Marshall becomes first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first human being to walk on the moon.
