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Communism Controls China
The Communist People's Republic of China assumes control of China. This means that communism is moving around the world and people around the world are letting the fear of communism control the world. Because of this, if you were "different", you were assumed to be a communist -
Communists in the Federal Government
Joseph McCarthy claims that communist sympathizers were in the federal government. He claimed to have a list of names that had over 200 members of the state department that were known communists. This was huge because this was during a time were nonconformists, or people that were "different", were assumed to be communists -
Supreme Court Rules of Brown vs. Board Case
The Supreme Court rules the Brown vs. Board of Education case that school segregation is illegal because of the doctrine "separate but equal" as school are "inherently unequal". As a result the Court rules the schools were being deprived for their equal protection of the laws that was guaranteed by the 14th amendment -
Desegregation of Public Schools in Little Rock
President Einsenhower sends troops to the public schools of Little Neck to operate on the desegregation in the schools. He did this because many states across the nation had mandatory segregation laws, requiring African-American and white children to attend separate schools. Resistance to the ruling was so widespread that the court issued a second decision in 1955, known as Brown II, ordering school districts to integrate “with all deliberate speed.” -
John F. Kennedy is President
John F. Kennedy is elected as the youngest president and the first catholic president. Kennedy won because many of the observers believed that he was engaged during the debates with his charming performance. -
Martin Luther King Jr. and His "I Have a Dream" Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. organizes a march in Washington for jobs and freedom in the nation's capital. This is where he says his "I Have a Dream" speech. He weaved in references to the country’s Founding Fathers and the Bible. Martin Luther King Jr. used universal themes to depict the struggles of African Americans, before closing with an improvised riff on his dreams of equality. -
John F. Kennedy is Assassinated
JFK was assassinated as the the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. After his death Lyndon B. Johnson assumes office -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaws discrimination, which means the end of segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement
