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End of WWII
World War Two ended May 8th on V-E Day. -
Brown V. Board of Education
A land mark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks Incident
Rosa Parks, a Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress, simply refused to relinguish her seat on a city bus to a white man on December 1, 1955. Her act of courage sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and brought the Civil Rights Movement to national attention. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political and social protest canpaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, intended to oppose the cities policy of racial segregation on its political transit system. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political and social protest campain that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, intended to oppose the cities policy of racial segregation on its political transit system. -
Little Rock Nine Incident
Nine African-American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School . Their entrance into the school sparked a nation wide crisis when Arkkansas governor Orval Faubus, in defiance of a federal court order, called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the Nine from entering. -
Sputnik Launched
When the Soviet Union successfully launched the worlds first artificial satellite, Sputnik. -
U-2 Incident
When a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. -
Bay of Pigs Invaision
An unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with the supportand encouragment from the U.S government in an attemp to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. -
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Cuban Missle Crisis
Confrontation among Soviet Union, Cuda, and the United States during the Cold War. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was one of the largest political demonstrations in U.S history. The march increased awarness of the movement and built momentum for the passage of civil rights legislation. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
An open letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to Alabama Clegyman,
