1960s and public protest

By Parker Dryden

  • Greensbaro

    Launch counter sit-ins inspire student-led demonstrations

  • CIA

    orchestrates Bay of pigs invasion

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • John F. Kennedy

    Assassinated in Dallas

  • Congress

    Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin resolution

  • Voting

    Congress passes voting rights act

  • Nation Organization

    National Organization for women founded

  • Test Offensive Launched

    Test Offensive Launched, Martin King Jr assassinated in Memphis

  • Apollo II

    lands first people on the moon