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The United States Supreme Court ruled that seperate facilities for the education of black and white students was uncosntitutional in the Brown V. Board of Education case. The ruling began the long process of integration in the United States.
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The Geneva Accords created a ceasefire while the French peacefully left Vietnam. It also provided a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam.
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On December 1, 1955 for civil disobedience Rosa Parks was arrested. By not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man, she stood up for what she believed in and became a huge figure in African American rights
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott began a few days after Rosa Parks' arrest. The movement was started over the segregational bus laws that made African Americans give up their seats to whites. Martin Luther King participated in this movement that eventually created a huge gain for the Civil Rights Movement.
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Eisenhower wins re-elction like he did in his first term by defeating Aldai Stevenson. Eisnenhower's accomplishments in Korea win him re-election.
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Eisenhower sends troops to Little Rock to provide protection for a group of nine African American students attempting to attend highschool there. They have to be protected while they attend school
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Millions of Americans watched for the first time ever a presidential debate on TV. It was between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon
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John F. Kenndedy beats Richard nixon to become the 35th president of the United States. He is the first Catholic to be elected President of the U.S.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccsesful invasion of Cuba to overthrow the cuban dictator Fidel Castro. The plan was made during Eisenhower's presidency but took flight under JFK. It was unsuccesful after Kennedy did not send air support for the ground troops. The troops were taken prison
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On September 22, 1961 Congress approved the order by JFK for the Peace Corps to be established.
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After thirteen days, the Cuban Missile Crisis is resolved. The United States will pledge not to invade Cuba if the Russians remove their missiles from Cuba. In exchange the United States removes its missiles from Turkey.
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Martin Luther King Jr leads a civil rights drive in Birmingham, Alabama. Police Commissioner Eugene Connor orders the police to use fire hoses and dogs on demonstrators. Americans began to shift their opinions regarding the Civil Rights Movement, thus allowing it to gain support.
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About 250,000 protestors participating to show their support for the Civil Rights Movement. At the Lincoln Monument, Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream".
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On November 22, 1963, JFK was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas
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Lyndon B. Johnson signed into effect the Civil Rights Act of 1964 thus ending major forms of racial discrimination in the United States
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On August 2, 1964 U.S. and North Vietnamese ships engaged in a naval battle in the Gulf of Tonkin. This gave the U.S a reason to make a War
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Lyndon B. Johnson wins with a remarkable 61.1% of the vote over Barry Goldwater. He also won 44 states.
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On February 21, 1965 Malcolm X is assassinated by Black Muslim's in New York
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American "Operation Rolling Thunder" in full effect, instituting full-scale bombing attacks against North Vietnam.
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the Tet Offensive is launched full-scale on January 30, 1968 by the North Vietnamese and Vietcong on the U.S.
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At the age of 39 in Memphis Tennessee Martin Luther King Jr. was shot by James Earl Ray on a balcony at th eLorraine Motel.
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Nixon finally wins. After losing the 1960 election to Kennedy, Nixon beats Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace. Nixon becomees a master of foreign affairs.
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Apollo 11 succsesfully put Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong on the moon. Armstrong is the first man to set foot on the moon
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Nixon outlines his plan of "Vietnamization", which meant that America would start to withdraw its troops from Vietnam and allow South Vietnam to take over the war effort.
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After multiple days of protest by the student body of Kent State, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire and killed 4 protestors
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Nixon's visit to China ended 25 years of separation between the two sides. This created a significant shift in the Cold War.
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Five men were arrested in the Watergate apartment-office complex in Washington after attempting to bug the Democratic party's headquarters. This ends up being one of the causes of Nixon's resigning
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Following the Watergate Scandal, Richard Nixon announced his resignation from his position of President of the United States.
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Gerald Ford becomes president after vice president Spiro Agnew and president Richard Nixon both resign. Ford becomes the first president that was not elected by the Electoral college.
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After the march on Saigon, South Vietnam surrenders to the North on April 30, 1975. The domino effect continues. The last of U.S soldiers leave Vietnam
