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1960s and public protests

  • Peace corps

    President JFK issues an executive order establishing this. The main purpose of this corps was to disseminate good will and practical knowledge. This including mainly people under the age of
  • Assassination and take over

    A Viennese Buddhist, named Diem is overthrown in a bloody coup that was approved and then later that month, JFK was assassinated.
  • JFK Wins presidency

    JFK Wins presidency
    John F. Kennedy is elected as president of the united states.
  • minimum wage hike

    JFK signs a legislation raising minimum wage in stages. the wage went from 1 to 1.25 per hour by 1963.
  • Peace

    Peace talks were aimed at the ending of the war which began in Paris
  • Protest's

    Many protests have been accruing during this period. Students at Columbia university started protesting on campus along with the institute for defense analysis which is a defense department think tank.
  • Nixon as president

    A republic candidate was elected for president.
  • Days of rage

    The weatherman, a radical political organization, launched the days of rage in Chicago. For three days, a few hundred protesters smashed storefronts and public properties to demonstrates their willingness to employ violence.
  • Weatherman Bomb accident

    Weatherman Bomb accident
    The members of weathermen, a radical political organization is growing out of the students society are killed when the bomb that is being constructed in the townhouse explodes.
  • Weatherman Back of violence

    They announce a tactical direction in a communication label. They admitted that the had succumbed the military error. They urge activities to maintain faith in more traditional forms of protest and mass demonstration.