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Brown vs Board was a huge decision made by the Supreme Court that any state laws that caused racial segregation in public schools were ruled as unconstitutional
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Governor of Arkansas orders national guard troops to block the Little Rock nine from entering Central High. President Dwight D, Eisenhower then orders federal troops to escort the Little Rock nine into the school
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Fidel Castro becomes leader of Cuba and sets up a communist regime.
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Boynton v. Virginia overturned a judgement convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal that was for the whites only
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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is formed. SDS is a against racism,poverty, and the war
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President Kennedy and Soviet Union leader Khrushchev meet and focus on Berlin as an issue, the Berlin wall is built as a result from this meeting
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United States attempts to overthrow Fidel Castro but fail
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United States discovers Soviet Union nuclear missile sites in Cuba
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The United States, Great Britain, and Soviet Union sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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A bomb goes off in Birmingham, Alabama. The explosion kills four little girls.
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The Beatles make a huge impact on America, more than 70 million watched the English band on Ed Sullivan's TV show
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President Johnson delivers a speech at the University of Michigan, he outlined his vision for America calling it the Great Society, Great Society demanded "an end to poverty and racial justice." This speech also involved and brought opportunity for ever child.
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The Economic Opportunity Act created the Job Corps. It also established Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA). The Head start program also came about.
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Hippie culture began around the mid-1960s as a way for young adults to protest the Vietnam war.
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The 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act is passes and provides federal funding to schools in poorer communities.
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President Johnson dramatically alters the United States's role in the war. Start of Operation Thunder
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Most troops by this time now were drafted. there was a total of 183,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam by this time and around 636 deaths
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United States airstrikes hammered North Vietnam and Vietcong strong points in South Vietnam.
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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 is passed and it lets in nearly 170,000 immigrants from eastern hemisphere and 120,000 from the western hemisphere into the U.S.
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The Water quality Act is passed in 1965, the Clean Water Restoration Act is passed in 1966, and the Air Quality Act is passed in 1967. These acts aimed at making the water and air standards better.
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Antiwar advocates sponsor Stop the Draft Week
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The My Lai massacre happens, American troops killed between 400,000 - 500,000 Vietnamese civilians
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