1960s and Public Protests

By foster.nichols8

  • The civil rights movement

    The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States

  • Tensions Escalated

    The United States had provided funding, armaments, and training to South Vietnam's government and military since Vietnam's partition into the communist North and the democratic South in 1954. Tensions escalated into armed conflict between the two sides, and in 1961 U.S. President John F.

  • The Women's Rights Movement

    diverse social movement, largely based in the United States, that in the 1960s and '70s sought equal rights and opportunities and greater personal freedom for women. It coincided with and is recognized as part of the “second wave” of feminism.

  • 5 American Soldiers killed

    Five American soldiers were killed in Vietnam during 1960. South Vietnamese armed forces numbered 146,000 regulars and 97,000 militia. They suffered 2,223 killed in action. The number of VC combatants, counting both full-time and part-time guerrillas, was estimated at 15,000.

  • The Environmental Movement

    The environmental movement is a diverse philosophical, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues. Fun Fact it began on Earth day

  • Gay Rights Movement

    civil rights movement that advocates equal rights for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender persons; seeks to eliminate sodomy laws barring homosexual acts between consenting adults; and calls for an end to discrimination. Illinois became the first state to do away with its anti-sodomy laws, effectively decriminalizing homosexuality.

  • Fired Upon by North Vietnamese Forces

    n early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina.

  • The Student Movement

    The student movement arose at the University of California at Berkeley in 1964, when students involved in civil rights activism chafed at the university's sudden attempt to prevent them from organizing politically on campus.

  • Anti - Vietnam War

    Vietnam War protests began small among peace activists and leftist intellectuals on college campuses but gained national prominence in 1965, after the United States began bombing North Vietnam in earnest

  • First Anti-Vietnam War Teach-IN

    Anti-war faculty members and the SDS publicize and protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam. About 3,000 attend.