1960s

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  • Baseball Hall of Fame

    Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball palyer to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

  • University of Mississippi

    James Meredith becomes the first black student at University of Mississippi. President Kennedy had to send 500 US troops to the school because rioting broke out.

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Cuban Missle Crisis October 15th to October 22nd, 1962

  • Jail in Birmingham

    Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama during an anti-segregation protest.

  • University of Alabama

    Vivian Jones and James Hood register for classes at the University of Alabama.

  • Medgar Evers

    Medger Evers, African American Civil Rights Activist, is assasinated in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • I have a dream

    There was a march in Washington DC for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I have a dream speech"

  • JFK

    John F. Kennedy is assasinated.

  • Discrimination is legally prohibited

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Acts which prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin.

  • Nobel Peace Prize

    Martin Luther King Jr. recieves the nobel peace prize