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Freedom Riders Attacked in Alabama
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decisions Boynton v. Virginia.
Boynton outlawed racial segregation in the restaurants and waiting rooms in terminals serving buses that crossed state lines. -
"New Frontier" Speech
JFK gave this speech immediately after taking the presidential oath of office administered.
John Kennedy was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the presidency in the 1960 presidential election. -
JFK Speaks at Houston Ministers' Conference
JFK spoke about his Catholic religion how it would interact with his presidential duties
Many people were concerned as to whether Kennedy could make important decisions without using Papal influence -
JFK Debates Richard Nixon on Television
It was the first of four televised "Great Debates" between Kennedy and Nixon.
The Great Debates marked television's grand entrance into presidential politics. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was a confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other during the cold war. The ensuing crisis ranks with the Berlin Blockade, the Suez Crisis and the Yom Kippur War as one of the major confrontations of the Cold War -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba
The Eisenhower administration ordered the CIA to train Cuban exiles in support of them rebelling and overthrowing Fidel Castro. -
Berlin Wall is Constructed
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961.
It completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
Kennedy Addresses the Nation about Civil Rights
First time a President called on Americans to participate in civil rights in order to achieve equality amongst Americans.
Kennedy strongly supported the equality of blacks to whitesMany legislations were passed such as desegregated schools and welfare to help out the blacks in their quest to achieve civil rights -
JFK Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas.
Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the murder, although there are still many conspiracies to his death and many questions are still left unanswered. -
JFK Wins Election in 1960
JFK won the election with a little over 119,000 votes.
He was the youngest President to be elected
