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McCarthyism is the accusation of disloyalment and is also called the Red Scare was in 1950-1954
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Starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the sitcom ran for six seasons and is still syndicated today.
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American Bandstand was a variety show featuring teenages dancing to popular music of the time. The show ended in 1989.
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War between North Korea and South Korea. Republic of Korea and Democratic's People of Korea.
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Supreme Court ruling of case Brown vs. Board Of Education to agree that segregating schools are unconstitutional.
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The first Disney park in the franchise, built in Anaheim, California under Walt Disney's supervision.
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The Vietnam War. also known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
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Competiton between Soviet Union for their supermacy in space exploration. 1957-1975 Cold War rivalry.
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Admitted as a state due to Alaska Statehood Act, which was signed by President Eisenhower on July 7th, 1958. Alaska is the 49th state in the Union.
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Founded by Berry Gordy in Detroit, Michigan. The company featured many Black acts, helping racial integration of popular music.
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The final state to be admitted to the Union after being an annexed territory 1898.
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The largest retail chain in the world founded by Sam Walton.
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Power speech by Martin luther king jr for equalities for all individuals
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The March on Washington was conducted for the purposes of providing jobs and freedom for opressed communities of America at the time. Martin Luther King spoke during this event.
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A pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement when on Sunday, September 15th, 1963, a church in Birmingham, Alabama was a attacked as a racial hate crime, killing 4 young girls as a result.
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John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assasinated on November 22, 1963 in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. JFK was fatally shot while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Conally, and Conally's wife Nellie. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested as the assasin but soon, a local nightclub owner, Jack Ruby shot him to death.
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Based out of Gary, Indiana at first, the Jackson 5 was made up of five Jackson brothers. They later signed to Motown for a successful career as one of the first Black crossover acts in the 20th century.
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Occured in the mid-1960's. to go all peace and against sending troops off to the Vietnam War.
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X was assassinated duirng a speech in New York. Millitant civil right leader and thought black people should raise their own economy, sepreate from the whites.
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In Montgomery, Alabama, 1,600 civil rights marchers demonstrate at the Courthouse.
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African American revolutionary organization in Oakland. Wanted to prevent racism against blacks and to be treated equally.
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While giving a speech supporting a strike by African American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, King was shot dead from the balcony he was standing on allegedly by James Earl Ray.
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Aftering winning a senate election, RFK was shot in the Ambassador Hotel kitchen.
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Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong quoted "One small for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
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Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft to land humans on the moon, and Neil Armstrong was the first human to touch foot on the surface.
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A outdoor festival in which musical acts would perform for a large audience of young people.
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A series about a blended family that got popular during its syndication.
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the second album by Elton John, but the first to chart and the first to be released in America.
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The Ohio National Guard fired shots at unarmed college students who were protesting the Cambodian Campaign/Vietnam War.
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An American accident missed his bus and had to take a Chinese bus, thus, Chinese wanted to have foreign affairs with the United States.
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Founded by Roy O. Disney, older brother of Walt Disney, Disney World resort became the second and largest Disney park to be built. It opened in 1971 in Lake Buena Vista, months before Roy Disney passed away. The resort was originally to be called Disney World, but was changed to Walt Disney World to honor his younger brother who had died in 1966.
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"Love, Peace, and Sooooul."
Headed from the early 70s to the early 90s by Don Cornelius, the variety show featured a number of acts regarding the genres of funk, r&b, jazz, and hip-hop. Some people considered this the "black American Bandstand." The show ended in 2006. -
A political scandal which Republicans would try to break into the Democratic National Quarters to find out what they will do in the next Presidential election. Nixon then resigned from office.
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The show followed a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. The show aired during the Vietnam War era.
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The body of teenage heiress Lesley Whittle, kidnapped 7 weeks earlier by the "Black Panther", is discovered in Staffordshire, England
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Microsoft is a company that provides software for computerized programs. The company has grown from just Windows to having partnerships with Xbox, Skype, Google, Internet Explorer and more. The founder, Bill Gates, is one of the richest men in the world due to this product.
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A variety and sketch-comedy show created by Lorne Michaels. The satires and skits are based on current events in American culture.
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Making of Apple computers of high-school drop outs. realeasing computer from 1976-1980.Steve Jobs. Steve Wozniak
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A television miniseries by Alex Haley that depicted the author's family history beginning from 1750 with the story of his ancestor Kunta Kinte -- a captured slave -- up until Alex Haley's own life in the 20th century. Another miniseries, Queen, depicted Haley's paternal grandmother's story.
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Shot by Mark David Chapman on his way upstairs to his New York apartment, The Dakota. Lennon was reknowned for his musical talent -- once being a part of the Beatles -- and for his pacifism and promotion of peace.
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Nick Rock became the first man to die from HIV/AIDS in NYC. Thought it was a "gay diesease"
