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Jackie Robinson was the first african american baseball player
Jackie Robinson became the first african american major league baseball player -
Armed forces were desegregated
The unted states armed forces was desegregated, which meant that whites and blacks fought together -
Jonas Salk developed a vaccine against pollio
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Eisenhower visited Korea and got the stalled peace talks going
The Peace talks in Korea were to make peace between north and south Korea -
France drew from Vietnam
France withdrew from Vietnam to ease war tensions -
Problems with the hydrogen bomb were worked out
The hydrogen bomb was created for nucler war -
Egypt took control of the suez canal from brittain
Egypt took control of the canal to stop the trade -
Soviets launched the first artificial satellite into space
First sattelite was launched into space to loacte places in the world -
Over 40 million people owned TV's
millions of people owned tvs and could see the violence and protests that were occuring -
The government forces bus and train stations to integrate
The transportation stations were integrated which means that blacks and whites were communicating -
Congress passed the twenty fourth ammendment
Congress passed the twenty fourth ammendment which said that voting rights were to be met -
More then 200,000 people attended the march on washington for jobs and freedom
A march occurred where people fought for freedoms in jobs and freedom -
Freedom summer was a project that sent hundreds of white college students to mississippi
Freedom summer drove white americans to mississippi -
Act of 1964 banned discrimination in employment and public accomidations
whites and blacks could now work together and go to the same resteraunts and places -
SCLC focused on voting rights for african americans
Afircam americans did not have the freedom to vote
