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Jackie Robinson was the first African American to be out on a Major League Baseball roster,
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In 1950 the Supreme Court ruled in the Sweatt v. Painter case.
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Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba.
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Earl Warren was appointed Chief Justice by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Led by Ho Chi Minh the Vietnamese battled agianst the French and ended up defeating them using their gueirlla tactics.
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Brown v. Board of Education was a court case that the Brown family could go to any school they wanted to but the Board of Education believed that segregated schools was the way to go.
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After the French surrenedered many powerful nations met in Switzerland to decide the future of Indochina.
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Rosa Parks court decision was made that segregation on buses was unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court ruled that segregation on trains was unconstitutional.
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A crowd of angry whites harassed the black students as they arrived for the first day of school.
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African American students were allowed to enter a previously whites only school in Lttle Rock, Alabama.
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Senator John F. Kenedy was elected into office on November 8, 1960.
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John Fitzgereld Kennedy is elected the 35th President of the United States.
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Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th president.
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The U.S. invaded Cuba in a counter-revolution.
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The Area Redevelopment Act was passed which gave economic relief to the poverty communities. Minimum wage was also increased from $1.00 to $1.25.
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Kennedy obtained the release of the 1,200 prisoners with an exchange of $52 Million in food and medical aid to Cuba.
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In president Johnson's State of the Union Address, he decalred a war on poverty.
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OEO launched Head Start which is basically a pre school for low-income parents.
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Congress autorized funds be used to set up Medicaid.
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The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act created safety standards for cars.
