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1896 Supreme Court ruling which established the legality of "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites. Jim Crow laws were created.
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Amendment states that a president is limited to 2 terms in office or a total of 10 years. Was passed before Kennedy was elected president.
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Linda Brown brought a case to attention about school distances due to discrimination and the Jim Crow laws having a part in it. Thurgood Marshall, a NAACP lawyer, stood for Brown. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks, a black woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus, was arrested. Caused a spark in the civil rights movement. NAACP decides to challenge the practice of forcing A.A. citizens to
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One of first southern districts to desegregate. Central High School admits 9 African American students. President Eisenhower sent the National Guard
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A Commercial for Kennedy's Presidential RunningThe 1960's presidential election was held on November 8, 1960. Republican Richard Nixon went against the democratic John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was then on elected as our 35th president.
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Invasion was a disaster, yet 1500 rebels were taken down JFK refused to send in US troops. Crisis made Cuba closer to the Soviets.
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A bomb exploded before Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Four young girls were killed and many others were injured. Created chaos and protestors shortly after.
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Lee Harvey Oswald was the committed assassinator of president JFK. While in police custoy, Oswald was shot and killed by club owner Jack Ruby. Ruby stated that he acted out of outrage over Kennedy's assassination.
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Happened in Dallas, TX while President Kennedy, his wife and others were in an open-car motorcade. First wound, non fatal. Second wound, fatal. Within hours of the assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president.
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Registration put under federal control. 27,000 African Americans registered within three weeks. Eligible voters jumped from 7-59% in Mississippi.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in his hotel room in Tennesee. He was only 39 years old. Dr. King never regained conciousness and was prounced deceased that evening.
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JFK asked the Congress to fund exploration of the moon so that we can beat the Soviets to the moon. Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on July 20.
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Six hundred marchers assembled in Selma on Sunday, March 7, to march across the bridge and it was led by John Lewis. 14 deaths were recorded and 50 people overall were sent to the hospital. “Bloody Sunday” was televised around the world.
