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School Districts Sued
Mexican American partes sue school districts in California and argue against children being racially segregated in schools. -
T. R. Mekonnen, from Ethiopia founds the Pan-Africanist Journal in London
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Jackie Robinson Makes History
Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play in a national league level of a sport in America, therefore breaking color barriers. -
Creation of Marshall Plan
It was the American program to aid Europe where the U.S. gave monelary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War Two inorder to prevent the spread of social communism. -
Dissolving of the Muslim Brothers
The government officially dissolved the very large--almost too hard to contain--Muslim Brothers and arrested many of its members. -
Formation of NATO
The prospect of further communist expansion prompted the U.S. and 11 other western countries to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
The Baby Boom Era Begins
The era where counterculture begins, begins. -
NAACP Court Cases
Because of the large size of the organization, filled with multi-colored people, the NAACP was able to get a good enough argument/evidence and support to overturn important racial cases. -
British vs. Ismailia Police
In retailiation for raids against their bases, British forces assaulted police barracks in the canal city of Ismailia, firing at point-blank range for twelve hours and killing fifty police conscripts. Mobs then formed in Cairo and burned British buildings. -
Brown v. Board of Education Court Case
The NAACP wanted to desegregate the entire public education in all grades. In this "Brown v. Board" case, the NAACP bad a good argument/evidence and therefore won the case. -
Nasser's assassination attempt
Nasser was addressing the crowd, and then suddenly a person from the crown fired 8 shots, all missing nasser but aimed at him. It ended up being a turning point for Nasser's presidency. -
Qutb in Prison Hospital
Sayyid Qutb was moved to the prison hospital where he stayed for the next decade developing a highly personal, eight-volume commentary called "In the Shade of the Quran," which by itself would have assured his place as one of the most significant modern Islamic thinkers. -
Forming of the Warsaw Pact
THe Societ Union and its affiliated comminst nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, against NATO. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks, an African-American, boarded a bus and sat in the correct area where she was supposed to, but she was still asked to stand up so that the white man could take her seat. She refused and was arrested, sparking many acts advocating civil rights . -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
It advocated non-violent resistance to fight injustice in racial problems across America. -
Birth of Osama bin Laden
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Little Rock Conflict
Local and State officials resisted the "Brown's" decisions and orders to desegregate, and clashes with the federal government resulted from that. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
THis law established the US Civil Rights comission, which had the power to investigate violations of civil rights and give the attorney general large power to protect the African-Americans. -
CND begins
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament begins and is meant for all the countries throughout the world. Their logo, commonly referred to today as the peace sign, is very popular in today's culture. -
All-African People’s Conference is convened by Kwame Nkrumah in Accra
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Sharpeville Massacre
More than 70 south Africans are killed in Sharpeville after refusing to carry their reference books. The government then bans the ANC. -
Radicalized the ANC
Part of the ANC worked in exile against apartheid with the others, led by Nelson Mandela, launched an armed resistance in the country. -
HUAC meeting protests
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. There was a riot of students who had to be forced out of the meeting. -
UN Recognitition
The United Nations declared 1960 to be the year of Africa in recognition to the large number of African states that gained independence that year. -
UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed
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Berlin Wall Created
The Berlin Wall was created in the dead of night and for 28 years it kept the East Germans out of West Germany. -
Cuban Project against Fidel Castro is authorized by President JFK
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world got to nuclear war. The U.S. armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and the Soviet field commanders in Cuba were perpared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the ireland. -
UN Special Committee
The UN establishes the special committee against apartheid to support a process of peaceful change in South Africa. -
Organization of African Unity Founded
The purpose of this organization was to protect its members states integrity and relations with the rest of the world. -
Charter of the Organization of African Unity is signed
Heads of state and government of 32 African states sign this unity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Therefore, they will be creating the first inter-government African organizing body. -
South Vietnamese President is assassinated
Sparked a new society because a popular leader against communism was assassinated. -
Nelson Mandela Imprisoned
Mandela is sentenced to life in prison. -
MLK receives Nobel Peace Prize
Martin Luther King Jr. is recongized for his efforts in fighting racial inequality with non-violence. -
United Farm Workers Aossiciation Founded
Cesar Chaves and Dolores Huerta founded the United Farm Workers Association, which is the most important worker Union in the U.S. -
"Eve of Destruction" became first protest song to hit #1 charts
The songs that represent the counterculture had now started to become popular. -
Sayyid Qutb Death
Sayyid Qutb was hanged for plotting to kill the leader Nasser. This action sparked many young radicalists, such as Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden, to fight for their radical beliefs, ones like Qutb's. -
Hendrick Verwoerd Assassinated
National Party Prime Minister is assassinated in Cape Town, South Africa. This man is considered the "architect of apartheid." -
Cuban American Adjustment Act was created
This act applies to all Cuban Americans who have lived in America for over a year. This act gives them permanent residence in America for the rest of their lives. -
My Lai Massacre
this situation was the Vietnam War mass killing of around 500 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam, which the Americans thought were the undercover fighters. -
Legal Founders for Mexican Civil Rights
Mexican American legal defense and educational fund becomes first legal funders of the civil rights for Mexican Americans. -
Brezhnev Doctrine
Brezhnov said that he had the right to violate the sovereignity of any country attempting to replace marxism or Leninism with Captialism. He was a very socialist person. -
LSD Ban
The drug "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" commonly know as LSD, was banned in the United States, and as a result, riots started to arise, especially in San Francisco. -
Manifesto in South Africa issued
The fifth conference of East and Central African heads of states and government held in Lusaka issues this, commonly known as the "Lusaka Manifesto," stating that they will support the armed liberation struggles against white minority regimes in Southern Africa. -
Nixon tricking Soviet Union
Nixon told his men, ready with nuclear weapons, that they need to convince the Soviets by telling them, that they are capable of anything to stop the Vietnam War. -
Access to students of education is granted because of language barriers
United States Department of Health says that students cannot be denied access to educational programs because they cannot speak English. -
Resettlements
More than 3 million Black South Africans were forced to resettle in reserves. -
Cambodia Invasion
Military operations in the 1970's with the United States and South Vietnam to defeat the People's Army of Vietnam.