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Four black college students begin a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter, and refuse to leave.
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John F. Kennedy delivered his inaugural address after taking his presidential oath.
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Mapp V. Ohio: Supreme Court rules that police must have specific warrants to make an arrest, when Dolly Mapps was arrested after having her house searched for a bomb suspect.
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Students Begin to take bus rides throughout the south to challenge a law that prohibits segregated interstate travel.
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Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) which later became known as the United Farm Workers.
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Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring to help launch the enviromental movement.
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James Meredith becomes the first black student at the University of Mississippi. President Kennedy sends in troops because of riots that broke out.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: A United States U2 Spy plane finds multiple missile bases in cuba.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis ends after almost starting a nuclear war.
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Gideon V. Wainwright: Supreme Court ruled that all suspects have the right to an attoreney after Gideon was accused of theft and couldnt afford a lawyer.
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Betty Friedan’s "Feminine Mystique" is Published. "Feminine Mystique" is known for sparking the second wave feminism in the United States.
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Abington V. Schempp: Bible Verses were being read as apart of the daily announcement until the supreme court ruled that it violated the seperation of church and state.
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Congress passes the Clean Air Act. This act helps deal with reducing air pollution
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Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested and jailed during an anti-segregation protest in Birmingham.
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Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers is shot and killed outside of his own home.
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200,000 people join the March on Washington while Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I have a dream" speech.
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The 16th Street Baptist church Bombing kills four children during sunday school.
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The United States encourages General Duong Van Minh to overthrow the Diem regime and the following day he orders him to be executed.
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Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn into office on Airforce One after the assinasstion of John F. Kennedy.
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John F. Kennedy is shot by Lee Harvey Oswald during a limo ride, and later died.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gives President Johnson power to take any action necessary.
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Lyndon B. Johnson outlines the Great Society to try and better the economy
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Operation Rolling Thunder: A United States aerial boming of North Vietnam begins.
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African Americans try to march to Montgomery but are stopped and beaten by police officers.
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President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act that prohibits Literacy tests, poll tax, and all other voting tests for African Americas.
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Ralph Nadar publishes Unsafe at Any Speed, to show the dangers of automobiles.
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Miranda V. Arizona: A law was created that all suspects must be informed of their rights upon arrest after Miranda was arrested and was not told his right to remain silent.
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National Organization for Women is founded, and is the largest feminist organization in the United States.
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Nationwide boycott of grapes and lettuce to try and improve conditions for migrant workers.
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Tet Offensive: An attack on every major city in Vietnam.
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Soldiers round up women children and old men and kill them at My Lai. Known as the My Lai Massacre.
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Lyndon Johnson announces he will not run for reelection.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed on a balcony as he is giving a speech.
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Bobby Kennedy is shot and killed during his campaign for the presidental election.
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Richard Nixon wins Presidential Election.
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Richard Nixon plans a secret bombing on Cambodia to help stop the Viet Cong from transporting supplies.
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Richard Nixon's first reduction of authorized troops in Vietnam.
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President Nixon pulls the first United States troops out of Vietnam. Known as Vietnamization
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Woodstock music festival is billed as "An aquarian Exposition: 3 days of peace and music." This event occured at Max Yasgurs's 600- acre dairy farm.
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The first draft lottery held since 1942.
