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America planned a secret invasion of Cuba which went completely wrong and America was humiliated
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Americans found photos of Soviet missiles ready to launch in Cuba and for 6 days there was fear of nuclear war until Americans promised not to invade Cuba
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Martin Luther King Jr. led 250,000 people to Washington and gave his famous I have a dream speech which ultimately helped Civil Rights and its progression to equality. "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." (quote from the speech).
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Lyndon B. Johnson that made discrimintation in employment and public accomedations illegal and made discrimination for race, gender or religion illegal
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Civil rights leader and activist Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated byJames Earl Ray and the night he died the worst urban riotiong took place in US history
