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Landmark decision where the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" violated the Interstate Commerce Clause.
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This lady refused to give up her seat on a bus and was arrested for it.
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This officially became the national motto.
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Influenced creation by Martin Luther King, in order to coordinate civil rights groups across the South to help sustain and organize boycotts and protests against the Jim Crow laws.
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This act created the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Commission to investigate claims of racial discrimination.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created in place of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
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Eisenhower authorized the creation of the Advanced Research Projects Agency which oversaw the production of sensitive new technologies.
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This group was made up of radical anticommunists who attacked liberals and civil rights activists.
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John Kenneth Galbraith published this book writing about the World War II consumer economy and the political culture.
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Became the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
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A book published by Rachel Carson which advocated environmental and human health.
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous speech.
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Assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Invented by Mary Quant so that there was a garment you could move in.
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An act that abolished voting discrimination in federal, state, and local elections.
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The first sustained and significant federal investment in public education.
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Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, this act allowed Cuban refugees to become permanent residents.
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This party, created by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale called for direct action and self-defense of African Americans.
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These activists fought for greater benefits and more control over welfare policy.
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Killed on this date, one of the most influential civil rights leaders.
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Concert which idealized the new youth culture and its mixture of politics, protest, and personal fulfillment.
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A protest for women based on employment discrimination, political equality, abortion, free childcare, and equality in marriage.
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Act signed by Richard Nixon requiring environmental impact statements for any project directed or funded by the federal government.
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This huge scandal brought political corruption in the White House to light.
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An accords marking the end of U.S. force commitment in the Vietnam War.
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Dramatically reduced the president's ability to wage war without congressional consent.
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Stopped classifying homosexuality as a mental illness.
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The first president to resign from the White House.
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Takes office as the 39th president.
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Had limits for both Israel and Palestine, but held negotiations for peace.
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Promised to end unemployment through extensive government planning.