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Brown V. Board of Education overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision
Our DocumentsThe landmark supreme court case calls for the integration of public schools. The decision was unanimously declared by the supreme court, under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren. The decison was highly contested, but highly influencial. -
McCarthy Is Comdemned By U.S Senate
(Photo) Life MagazineMcCarty's accusations go a little too far as he begins to accuse to the army of having a communist agenda. He was has no evidence for any of his accusations. The Senate condemns him for "conduct unbecoming a member." Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Rosa Parks Refuses To Give Up Her Seat On A Segregated Bus
BiographyRose Parks was sitting in the frontmost row for black people on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. When a white man entered the bus and Parks was asked to move she refused to move. She was soon arrested for not complying. Because of her arrest, the Montgomery Bus Boycott offically begun. -
Bus segregation is considered unconstitutional
Congress of Racial EquailityThe Browder v. Gayle case decision considers the bus segregation of Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional. The Bus Boycott ends because of the decision. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference is founded
SCLCDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. founded the organization as a civil rights group using the leadership of the Africa-American churches in the south. King served as the organization's first president. -
Soviet Union Successfully Launches Sputnik Into Space
(Photo) Universe Soviet Scientists astound the world by launching the small satellite into orbit. It weighted 184 pounds and orbited the globe with a small beeping sound. It shook America's confidence and raised questions in our superiority in math & science. We were also concerned that if the could fire objects into space, they could reach America with ICBMs. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Greensboro Sit-in Movement begins
Encyclopaedia BritannicaFour Students Sat at the Woolsworth's Store and were denied service, and refused to leave the store. This sparked a series of sit-ins across the south. The Sit-in movement helps inspire the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). -
John F. Kennedy Assumes The Presidency
(Photo) NY Daily NewsSucceeding his predecessor Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy offically takes on the responsibility of the American Presidency. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Bay of Pigs Invasion Takes Place
(Photo) Encyclopaedia BritannicaIn a CIA-backed scheme to topple Fidel Castro's communist regime, the U.S trains and sends about twelve hundred exiles to the Cuban Bay of Pigs to attack Cuba. The invasion was a complete disaster, and JFK assumed full responsibility for the failure. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Kennedy Orders Naval "Quarantine" On Cuba During Cuban Missle Crisis
(Photo) Foreign Policy JournalAfter discovering that the Soviets secretly installed nuclear missles in Cuba, Kennedy called for a embargo (under a different name to not display an act of war). For several days, America and the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of a nuclear war. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
John F. Kennedy Is Assasinated
John F Kennedy LibraryWhile Traveling in a presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas with his wife Jaqueline and Texas Governor John Connally, Kennedy was fatally shot to the head. The assanation has become subject to much conroversy. -
Lyndon Johnson assumes the presidency
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural CeremoniesAfter Kennedy is assassinated, Johnson takes the oath of office inside Air Force One, with Jaqueline Kennedy by his side. Local Judge Sarah B. Hughes admisistered the oath. This was the first time a woman administered the oath of office, and the first time it was done on an airplane. -
Civil RIghts Act of 1964 Is Enacted
National ArchivesCongress passes the Act, which bans all racial discrimination in most faclities open to the public. Lyndon Johnson signed the act into law, -
EEOC Is Created
(Photo) EEOCThe Equal Employment Oppurtunity Commission is created to elimate discrimination in hiring. It was created along side the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Gulf of Tonkin Incedent Occurs
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North Vietnamese forces supposively agress US navy forces, resulting in a sea battle. The incedent results in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gives LBJ a "Blank Check" to do what he pleases in South Asia. -
Malcom X Is Assassinated
News OneMalcom is suffers from several gunshot wounds throughout his body. The three convicted gunman were all from the nation of Islam. He was 39 years old. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 enacted
(Photo) Congress of Racial EqualityDepartment of JusticeAfter the landmark Civil RIghts Act, The Voting Rights Acts fights discrimination at the polls by outlawing literacy that kept blacks from voting. -
Tet Offensive Begins
(Photo)the blistering communist offensive during Vietnamese New Year mounted South Vietnam with savage attacks. while the Vietcong suffered severe losses, it won politically, as they demonstrated that America could not atain victory with Johnson's strategy of gradual escalation. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
LBJ announced he would freeze American troop levels in Vietnam
(Photo) NY TimesWith the American people becoming more and more hostile toward the war, Johnson announces he will stop sending troops to Vietnam, and will scale back the bombings on Vietnam. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Martin Luther King, Jr. Is Assassinated
ABC NewsKing was fatally shot outside his Lorraine Motel room in Memphis, Tennessee in the head by James Earl Ray. He was only 39 years old. -
Robert F. Kennedy Is Assassinated
(Photo) JFK Lancer Productions & PublicationsAfter the night of an exciting victory in the California Primary, Kennedy was shot to death by a Arabian Immagrant who was resentful of his pro-israel views. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Richard Nixon assumes the presidency
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural CeremoniesRIchard Nixon succeeds LBJ as the president along side his runningmate Spiro Agnew, running on a policy of "Peace with honor." -
Nixon Orders Troops into Cambodia
(Photo) The U.S. Army Signal CorpsWithout consulting congress, Nixon Orders troops to join with South Vietnamese forces to clean out the enemy sanctuaries in neutral Cambodia. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Twenty-sixth Amendment Passed
(Photo) Democratic PartyThe Twenty-sixth Amendment of the U.S Constitution lowers the national voting age to eighteen years old. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Watergate Break-in Occurs
(Photo) CNNFive men are arrested for breaking into the Watergate Hotel-Office Complex after installing spying equipment into the Democratic Party's headquarters. The men were later revealed to be working to the republican party. The scandal would later plague Nixon's presidency. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Richard Nixon Resigns From The Presidency
(Photo) Washington PostFollowing the Watergate scandal, Nixon resinged in his signed in light of his loss of political support and his immenent impeachment. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 -
Gerald Ford Assumes The Presidency
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural CeremoniesFollowing Richard Nixon's resignation from the presidency, Ford found himself becoming the president only 8 months after becoming vice-president. Ford was neither elected as vice-president nor president by the American people. -
Last Americans flee from South Vietnam
(Photo) Naval HistoryAfter a long war to stop communist aggression the dam bursts as the last remaining Americans evacute South Vietnam. about 140,000 South Vietnamese also were rescued to avoid the bloodshed from the approaching North Vietnamese. Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006
