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The Congress of Racial Equality Founded
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The bracero program granted temporary worker status to Mexican migrants, setting in motion million of Mexican American immigrant moving into the U.S.A
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The first African American Major League player, Jackie Robinson, becomes apart of the Brooklyn Dodgers
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
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A boycott for African Americans against buses, lead by Martin Luther King Jr., begins in Montgomery after Rosa Parks's refusal and arrest
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The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was passed by Congress. While it had little effect, it held more of a motivational meaning towards the activists.
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The National Liberation Front work to bring Vietnam together under communist control
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Nine African American students were prohibited from entering the previously white-only Central High School by mobs and the National Guard. They had to be escorted to and around school by federal troops by President Eisenhower and faced severe discrimination throughout the school year.
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The National Aeronautics of Space Administration is founded
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Fidel Castro overthrows Fulgencio Batista and became the leader of Cuba, causing thousands of Cuban citizens to flee to America
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While trying to order from a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, four African Americans were refused service. They refused to leave their seats until the counter closed.
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John F. Kennedy is elected President of the United States
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The National Indian Youth Council is formed
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Alan Shepard becomes the first American to partake in an orbital flight
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President Eisenhower had initiated a plan to train Cuban exiles to help invade Cuba and overthrow Castro. After his term, President Kennedy resurrected the plan and had the CIA lead the attack, which ended disastrously and ended in the death of over 1,000 troops
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To assist Third World nations and combat the spread of communism, the Peace Corps is created
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Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez merged their Filipino farmer union to form the United Farm Workers
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Eunice Shriver starts a camp for disable kids that later grew to become the Special Olympics
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Michael Harrington's poverty expose shocks many Americans
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After discovering the Soviet Union had stored nuclear missiles in Cuba, the United States enter a tense time with the possible threat of nuclear warfare. After almost a week of negotiations in October, both parties agreed to remove their nuclear missiles from surrounding countries
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Biologist Rachel Carson publishes her revolutionary book
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Applies to industry wages; Equal Work, Equal Pay
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George Wallace tries to bar African American students from entering the university
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The U.S., Soviet Union, and Great Britain agree to sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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The SLCL used this church as a base for their activist campaign. Opposition planted a bombing inside the building which later exploded, resulting the deaths of four African American girls
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated
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The Beatles visit the United States
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The number of draftees for the Vietnam War exceeds that of volunteers
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This act outlawed discrimination within voting procedures
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President Johnson commences Operation Rolling Thunder, a bombing campaign across North Vietnam, to try and dissuade support for the Vietcong. One of the weapons used in the bombing was Napalm, which had a widespread radius and intense burn.
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Malcolm X is shot and killed by three members of the Nation of Islam
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Civil Rights activists planned a equality march that would start in Selma and end in Washington D.C. The activists and marchers were attacked by armed authorities while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge
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Approximately 2,000 people flock to San Francisco due to it being a hub for counterculture
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North Vietnam launched surprise assaults against South Vietnam, followed with strategic attacks on American positions ten days later.
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While staying in a Memphis hotel, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed, by John Earl Ray, while preparing for a speech.
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Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan
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Members if the Hell's Angels stab a black man to death while the Rolling Stones were playing at a music festival in California
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Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon.
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After protests and push-back from the discriminatory nature of the drafting process towards African Americans, the Selective Service began a lottery to stem some of bias
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The Environmental Protection Agency is created, giving the federal government significant power towards protecting the environment
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The Clean Air Act, which sets regulations for gas emissions and other problems of air pollution, was passed
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Trying to break the stalemate, Nixon orders an attack on Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces in Cambodia, simultaneously trying to gain that country's favor by weakening its own communist movement, the Khmer Rogue
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The first Earth Day occurs, attempting to spread the message of environmental protection
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College protests of the move into Cambodia sprung up around the country. At Kent State University, in the confusion, a troop fired his rifle, causing the other soldiers to fire their weapons, leaving four students dead.
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In protest to the Kent State killings, two students ended up dead after skirmishes with police
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China invites the United States to partake in a table tennis competition
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A new amendment to the Constitution is passed, changing the voting age minimum to 21
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Gloria Steinem co-founded the magazine Ms.
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President Nixon and his wife visit China, touring many of its popular sites and meeting with several government officials, even learning enough Mandarin to perform a toast
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A failed robbery at the Democratic Party headquarters, later evolving into the Watergate Scandal
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The Endangered Species Act is passed, which prompted protections for endangered species
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The Clean Water act is passed, limiting water pollution
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The Supreme Court rules in favor of the right to legal abortion
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Congress passed the War Power Act, restraining the President’s powers in war and forcing consult between the President and Congress
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Nixon gives up the seaot of Presidency after the outcome of the Watergate Scandal, custody of his Oval Office tapes, and his soon-to-be impeachment
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Gerald Ford is sworn into presidency
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After the Americans withdraw and Siagon is captured, the Vietnam war comes to a close and the country unites under a communist flag
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Jimmy Carter is elected from President. The cause of this results stems from the distrust for politics sewn by the Watergate Scandal, causing many Americans to turn to Carter and his Christian belies
