The 1960's

  • Murder of Emmett Till

    Murder of Emmett Till

    Was murdered and beaten because he flirted with a white girl his mother allowed an open cassket so the United States could see what he looks like.
  • Sit-in

    Sit-in

    A black who was a college student in the south went to a sit in and asked for coffee was declined service because of his color.
  • Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

    Holds its first ever meeting.
  • Boynton v. Virginia

    Boynton v. Virginia

    ruling that segregation on vehicles traveling between states is unlawful.
  • Integration of Ole Miss

    Integration of Ole Miss

    James Meredith, who is an Air force Veteran and great student applied to a Mississippi college and reject in five days he fights the case gets accepted and graduates Aug. 1963.
  • "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

    "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

    responds to eight white Alabama ministers who urged him to end the protests and be patient with the judicial process of overturning segregation.
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    Rode from Washington D.C. to New Orleans but did not make it because the whites blew up the bus.
  • Interstate Commerce Commission

    Interstate Commerce Commission

    nact stricter regulations and fines for buses and facilities that refuse to integrate
  • Albany Movement

    Albany Movement

    civil rights activists participate in a series of protests, marches and meetings in Albany, Georgia
  • Agent Orange

    Agent Orange

    USA begin using agent orange to clear the jungles and help find the vietcong
  • 24th amendment Ratified

    24th amendment Ratified

    Prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections.
  • Equal Pay Act

    Equal Pay Act

    Congress passed this law where women need to be payed the same as if a man held the position.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    I Have A Dream speech by Martin Luther King Jr. trys to stop segergation one of the largest crowds to hear the speech.
  • 16th Street Church Bombing

    16th Street Church Bombing

    An african American church was bombed and killed 4 girls and 22 injured people this event actually had a turning point for this movement.
  • Kennedy is assassinated

    Kennedy is assassinated

    Kennedy is shot in Texas.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Law passed to ban legal descrimination and segregation.
  • EEOC

    EEOC

    to investigate complaints and impose penalties
  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

    This was an attempt by Predident Johnson to allow black people to vote.
  • Golf of Tonkin Resolution

    Golf of Tonkin Resolution

    Congress gave Johnson the right to attack Vietnam with out declearing war.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Law signed by president Johnson to end descrimination on voting.
  • Malcom X Assassinated

    Malcom X Assassinated

    3 members of Nation of Islam killed him because he was trying to end segergation.
  • Rolling Thunder

    Sustained American bombing raids of North Vietnam, dubbed Operation Rolling Thunder, begin in February
  • Selma March

    Selma March

    This televised march pushed Johnson to purpose voting rights legislation.
  • N.O.W

    N.O.W

    now prevent women from enjoying the equality of opportunity and freedom of choice which is their right.
  • Khe Sanh

    Khe Sanh

    North Vietnam surrounded American troops.
  • Opperation of Niagara

    Opperation of Niagara

    United States was bombing everywhere but did not nuke.
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    The United States soldies had beat and raped women before shooting them, and murdered babies.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers throughout South Vietnam.
  • Divorce law

    Divorce law

    California becomes the first state to adopt a "no fault" divorce law, which allows couples to divorce by mutual consent.
  • E.R.A- Equality of rights

    E.R.A- Equality of rights

    A proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women.