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CORE is formed
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Gunnar Myrtle publishes "The American Dilemma"
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Jackie Robinson joins Dodgers breaking the color barrier
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America increases aid to France
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Brown v. Board
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 -
French surrender
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SEATO is formed
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Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
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Southern Manifesto
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NLF is formed - Vietcong
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Battle of Little Rock
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 -
Civil Rights Act
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SCLC formed
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NASA created
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Castro takes control of Cuba
Fidel Castro becomes leader of Cuba and sets up a communist regime. -
United State troops sent to Vietnam
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SNCC is formed
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Boynton v. Virginia
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 -
Rock-and-Roll makes huge impact on society
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SDS is formed
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is formed. SDS is a against racism,poverty, and the war -
Kennedy wins election
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Greensboro sit-in
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Fredom Ride
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Peace Corps created
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Kennedy and Khrushchev Meet
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 -
Bay of Pigs
United States attempts to overthrow Fidel Castro but fail -
John Glenn first American to orbit Earth
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Cuban Missile Crisis
United States discovers Soviet Union nuclear missile sites in Cuba -
Federal court case to desegregate universities is won
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Kennedy demands missiles to be taken out
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The United States, Great Britain, and Soviet Union sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -
More than 15,000 US troops fighting in Vietnam
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Medgar Evers is assassinated
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Letter from Birmingham Jail
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March on Washington
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Bomb explodes at church
A bomb goes off in Birmingham, Alabama. The explosion kills four little girls. -
Diem is removed from power and killed next day
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John F. Kennedy assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 64
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Beatlemania
The Beatles make a huge impact on America, more than 70 million watched the English band on Ed Sullivan's TV show -
Johnson speech at the University of Michigan
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. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Economic Opportunity Act
The Economic Opportunity Act created the Job Corps. It also established Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA). The Head start program also came about. -
Hippie culture begins
Hippie culture began around the mid-1960s as a way for young adults to protest the Vietnam war. -
Voting Rights Act
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Congress passes some of Johnson's Great Society
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act is passes and provides federal funding to schools in poorer communities. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
President Johnson dramatically alters the United States's role in the war. Start of Operation Thunder -
United States troops in Vietnam
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 -
U.S. Airstrikes
United States airstrikes hammered North Vietnam and Vietcong strong points in South Vietnam. -
Malcom X is brutally assassinated
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March on Selma
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The Immigration and Nationality Act
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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Water and Air Acts
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. -
Marines arrive to defend air base at Da Nang
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Black Power is created
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Black Panthers form
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Stop the Draft Week
Antiwar advocates sponsor Stop the Draft Week -
My Lai
The My Lai massacre happens, American troops killed between 400,000 - 500,000 Vietnamese civilians -
Vietnam becomes a Communist Country
