1960-1980

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  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    A trained group of CIA agents tried to overpower Cuba but failed miserably with the death and capture of all of them.

  • Lyndon B

    Lyndon B
    Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice

  • Johnson and Civil Rights

    In his first address before Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson called for the immediate passage of civil rights legislation. "No memorial or eulogy," he said, "could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought."

  • JFK

    JFK
    Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign.