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John F Kennedy announces his candidacy for President
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Eisenhower signs Civil Rights act of 1960
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John F Kennedy is sworn in as President
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and ‘I Have A Dream’ speech
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President Kennedy shot and killed in Dallas, Texas
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24th Amendment was passed
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law
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Malcolm X is assassinated
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Bloody Sunday(in Selma)
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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LBJ’s ‘We Shall Overcome’ speech is made
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Medicare begins July 1st
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Racial violence in Detroit; 7,000 National Guardsmen aid police after night of rioting. Similar outbreaks in New York City's Spanish Harlem, Rochester, N.Y., Birmingham, Ala., and New Britain, Conn. (July 23)
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Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, is slain in Memphis
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Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is shot and critically wounded in Los Angeles hotel after winning California primary (June 5)—dies June 6
