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He was reelected
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The court ruled that schools for blacks must be separate but equal. -
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Blacks boycotted buses to protest segregation on buses
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Interstate Highway systems created -
President Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated for his second term in office. -
"Wallace withdrew the troops on September 21 and the students were allowed entrance to class two days later. A threat of violence caused President Eisenhower to dispatch federal troops to Little Rock on September 24 to enforce the edict." -
"Explorer I, the first U.S. space satellite, is launched by the Army at Cape Canaveral. It would discover the Van Allen radiation belt" -
"Four black college students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, North Carolina stage a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth lunch counter, protesting their denial of service. This action caused a national campaign, waged by seventy-thousand students, both white and black, over the next eight months, in sit-ins across the nation for Civil Rights."
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This Debate was between Kennedy and Nixon and increased Kennedy's popularity -
His Presidency ended early due to his being shot and killed
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Failed Invasion of Cuba by the US to oust Fidel Castro and Communism out of Power -
"On Sept 20, with the support a Supreme Court ruling, James Meredith arrives at the Univ. of Mississippi in Oxford, intending to enroll as the school's first black student. The state Governor physically blocks Meredith's progress on Sept 20, and again Sept 25. The Kennedy administration orders federal marshals to Oxford. On Sept 30, rioting kills two students, and wounds 160 marshals. The next morning, Meredith officially registers as a transfer student; he graduates in 1963. " -
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This Crisis was a thirteen day period where nuclear war seemed animist because of missiles placed in Cuba, close to the US
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The US determines to stop and search any ship -
The US agrees to remove missiles from Turkey and Italy and never invade Cuba, if the USSR agrees to remove missiles from Cuba
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MLK wrote this famous letter while in jail
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A huge civil rights march to protest segregation and show the need for equal rights. Famous, I have a dream speech, given here -
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He was sworn in after Kennedy was shot and was reelected in 1964
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This significantly helped the Democrats -
"Legislation outlaws discrimination on basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin." -
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He was assassinated while giving a speech -
"Six days of rage and riots in Los Angeles leave 34 dead and $200 million in damages."
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"Bobby Seale and Huey Newton found the Black Panthers in Oakland, CA. In stark contrast to the nonviolence endorsed by civil rights activists, the militant Black Panthers approve the use of violence for defense. The Black Panthers gain notoriety for patrolling streets in black berets and jackets, heavily armed with weapons. Their doctrine of self-determination and strength initially draws thousands of converts." -
"Forty million TV viewers watch the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs." -
"Senator Robert Kennedy died of gunshot wounds in Los Angeles, a day after winning the California Presidential primary." -
Nixon was elected, then reelected, but then resigned due to escape impeachment
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"Judy Garland's funeral attracts gay mourners to the Stonewall Tavern in New York. A melee with police breaks out when someone resists arrest, launching the Gay Liberation Movement." -
"An estimated audience of over 400,000 people gather for three days of music near Bethel, NY, swarming across the pastures of Max Yasgur's dairy farm." Free admission is provided soon after and many people flood to listen. -
"The first computer transmission is carried by ARPANET at 10:30 PM on October 29 from a host computer at UCLA to another host computer at Stanford."
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"The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) begin negotiations to curb nuclear capabilities of U.S. and USSR." -
Nixon resigned due to pressure and fear of impeachment -
Gerald Ford takes over after Nixon resigns due to the vice-president already have resigned