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35th president
John F. Kennedy is elected at the 35th president of The United States. -
I have a dream
Martin Luther King Jr. told his I Have A Dream in an American civil rights march. He was fighting for racism to end and economic rights. -
Kennedys death
John F. Kennedy was assassinated when he was in Dallas, TX on a political trip. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act was a labor law that states that you cannot discriminate because of race, religion, color, gender, or national origin. -
Jim Crow law
The Jim Crow law stopped being enforced in 1965. The law would enforce that there should be racial segregation in the south. -
Anti war protest
There was an anti war protest in Washington that attracted 10,000 people. Students from the University of Wisconsin marched to the capital of Wisconsin the protest there. -
Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on his balcony at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
37th president
Richard Nixon became the 37th president in 1969. -
Largest anti-war protest
200,000 people came to Washington D.C. and 156,000 people in San Francisco to protest the Vietnam war. -
Cease-Fire
There was an agreement in Paris. There was the last war that Americans were in.