1950s

By Stinnerj

  • 1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War

  • 1st negro player in NBA, (Celtic's Charles Cooper) Ft Wayne Ind

  • China and korean parternship

    China and korean parternship

  • NYC passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing

    NYC passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing

  • US President Harry Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur

    US President Harry Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur

  • US President Harry Truman threatens China with atom bomb

    US President Harry Truman threatens China with atom bomb

  • The Bantu Education Act (later renamed the Black Education Act)

    The Bantu Education Act (later renamed the Black Education Act)

  • CIA overthrow Iran Government

    August 19, 1953 - The United States CIA assists in the overthrow of the government in Iran, and retains the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to the throne.

  • Racial segregation in public schools is declared unconstitutional

    May 17, 1954 - Racial segregation in public schools is declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in Brown vs. the Board of Education. The ruling of the court stated that racial segregation violated the 14th Amendment's clause that guaranteed equal protection. The Monroe School in Topeka, Kansas had segregated Linda Brown in its classes.

  • Elvis Presley's releases the single "Heartbreak Hotel"

  • Martin Luther King Jr.s home bombed

  • 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago Ill