Top 10 Moments From The 60's

By hbasler18

  • Sit-ins

    In Greensboro, North Caroline, black people would walk into Woolworths and sat at the lunch counter, waiting to be served food.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    JFK issued a huge blockade to be made around Cuba

  • March On Washington

    The March on Washington was the largest public demonstration in American history, up to that time,

  • JFK Assassination

    In Dallas on 11/22/63, President Kennedy was assassinated by a sniper

  • Civil Rights Act

    The Civil Rights Act banned all forms of discrimination because of skin color or sex on places like schools, hospitals, theaters, and more.

  • Assassination of Malcolm X

    Civil Rights Activist Malcolm X was assassinated

  • Hart-Cellar Act

    The Hart-Cellar Act got rid of national origin quotas and allowed Asian immigrants into the US

  • Assassination of Martin Luther King

    Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King was assassinated

  • Apollo 11 Lands On the Moon

    Apollo 11 landed on the moon, putting America far further in the Space Race

  • Woodstock

    A huge concert of rock and soul music that reflected the ideas of the time.