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22nd Amendment is ratified
The 22nd amendment establishes that a president is only allowed to be in office for 2 terms. One term is 4 years, so the president would have a total of 8 years as president if elected for a 2nd term -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy. He lived in Chicago. He went to Mississippi to visit his grandfather. Emmett reportedly whistled and or flirted with a white woman in some type of way. He was stripped from his bed in the middle of the night, and was brutally lynched by two white men http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement/videos/emmett-till--legacy -
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Vietnam War
the Vietnam War started because of the North Vietnamese people had invaded the South trying to spread communism. America than got involved trying to follow containment. The had escalated due to LBJ developed troops due to the Gulf of Tonkin incdent -
Little Rock Nine's first day of Central high school
On the first day of school for the Little Rock nine, a white mob gathered in front of Central high school. Governor Fabus called in the Arkansas National Guard to try stopping the 9 black students from entering the high school. -
The Chili Incident
Minnijean Brown Trickey an African American teenage who was part of the Little Rock Nine. Minnijean was tired of being harassed by the white students in Central High school. So in the Cafeteria Minijean dumped her chili on a white student.She ended up being expelled from Central high -
President Kennedy's assination
President Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. As they were driving in an open convertible, lee Harvey Oswald shot president Kennedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0CHiPpy0o -
Black Panther party being founded
the assassination of Malcom X led to the Black Panther party being founded. It was Founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The purpose of it was for self defense against governments and wanted revolutionary socialism from large organized and community based programs -
Anti War Protest
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Martin Luther KIng Jr assaination
Mlk was an African American baptist minister and the leader of the civil rights movement. On April 6, he had come out of his room and stood on the balcony to greet and see him fans, when a man named James Earl Ray had shot him. James Earl Ray was a small time criminal and a racist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PalIIpfhw_g -
Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was launched into space. The first man made lunar landing mission. I landed the first 2 Americans on the moon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4
