The Civil Rights Movement By julob 1954 Thurgood Marshall argues against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education 1957 The Soviets launch Sputnik 1961 The Berlin Wall divides East and West Berlin 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates John F. Kennedy 1966 Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister of India 1966 The National Organization for Women is formed 1970 La Raza Unida is organized to support rights for Mexican Americans 1973 The American Indian Movement protests at Wounded Knee