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John F Kennedy becomes president
35th president of the United States of America -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
an unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with support and encouragement from the US government, in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. -
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Bay of PIgs
an unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with support and encouragement from the US government, in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. -
Freedom rides
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States -
Albany Movement
desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, on November 17, 1961. Local activists, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) were all involved in the movement. -
Twenty-Forth Amendment of the United States of America
prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
James Meredith
first African-American student at the University of Mississippi -
Cuban Missile Crisis
a thirteen-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
a thirteen-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other -
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
important event during the civil rights, MLK mad his famous "i have a dream" -
John F. Kennedy Assassination
JFK assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president
36th president of the United States of America -
Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassinated John F. Kennedy -
Clean Air Act
United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level. -
Ford Mustang was realesed
the start of a true american muscle car -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. -
Gulf of Tonkin
war broke out at sea, start of american involvment in the Vietnam War -
1964 Democratic National Convention
presidential nominating convention -
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1964 Democratic National Convention
presidential convention -
Malcolm X Assassinated
islamic Speaker, taught black sepremacy -
Selma to Montgomery marches
first march of the Selma to Montgomery -
Vietnam Teach-in
The event was organized by the Vietnam Day Committee -
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Vietnam Teach-in
The event was organized by the Vietnam Day Committee -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
allows more individuals from third world countries to enter the US (including Asians, who have traditionally been hindered from entering America), but also entails a separate quota for refugees. -
National Organization for Women
largest feminist organization in the United States. It was founded in 1966 and has a membership of 500,000 contributing members. -
Muhammad Ali becomes a conscientious objector
applied with the Selective Service for conscientious objector status on religious grounds -
Tet Offensive
military campaign during the Vietnam War -
American Indian Moverment
Native American activist organization in the United States, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by urban Native Americans. -
My Lai Massacre
Vietnam War mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
MLK is assassinated outside his hotel room -
Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
brother of John F. Kennedy, 64th United States Attorney General -
Election of 1968
presidental election between Richard Nixion, Hubert Humphrey, George Wallace -
End of Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency
End of LBJ Presidency -
WoodStock
3 day of music & peace -
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Woodstock
3 days of music peace
