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Presedent John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, a wealthy Democratic senator from Massachusetts, was elected president in 1960, defeating Vice President Richard Nixon. Though he clearly won the electoral vote, Kennedy's received only 118,000 more votes than Nixon in this close election. -
The Cuban Missiles Crisis
American U2 spy-plane took pictures of a nuclear missile base being built on Cuba. Kennedy%u2019s advisers told him he had 10 days before Cuba could fire the missiles at targets in America. -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"l Have a Dream", he conferred with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson; he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four times; he was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure. -
Civil Rights Movment
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 changed the lives of the African Americans minority by ensuring equal rights for all. -
Bloody Sunday: The March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
In March of 1965, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference along with other civil rights groups planned a march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery. The plan was designed to protest the growing violence against civil rights activists throughout Alabama. As the marchers neared the Edmund Pettus bridge, they were met by Sheriff Jim Clark and his Alabama State Troopers. They were confronted and then attacked by Alabama State troopers. -
The March to Montgomery
President Johnson also intervened to facilitate the march from Selma to Montgomery. Following a federal court ruling on March 17th that the march could proceed, Johnson met with Governor Wallace at the White House, federalized the Alabama National Guard, and sent an additional 2200 troops from the U.S. Army to protect the marchers. On March 25th, over 3000 marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge and were joined by thousands of others for the rally in Montgomery. -
Baby Boom
The sixties were the age of youth, as
70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults. The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life. No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change. The changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment. Many of the revolutionary ideas wh -
Immigration Act of 1965
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill that has dramatically changed the method by which immigrants are admitted to America. This bill is the Immigration Act of 1965. This act, also known as the Hart-Cellar Act [1], not only allows more individuals from third world countries to enter the US (including Asians, who have traditionally been hindered from entering America), but also entails a separate quota for refugees. [2] Under the Act, 170,000 immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere are g -
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1968 Democratic Convention
For five days in August, the nation's Democrats assembled in Chicago to nominate a presidential candidate at a convention that would quickly spiral out of control and reflect the domestic chaos of the Vietnam era. Between 10,000 and 15,000 demonstrators were arrayed against 12,000 police and 6,000 National Guard troops, with an international press contingent of more than 1,000 on hand to record events inside the International Amphitheatre and outside at locations from Lincoln Park to Grant Park. -
Hippies
People for peace and a time for the argument of the Vietnam war. -
Martin Luther King Assasination
He was assasinated on March 10th 1969 By James Earl Ray. Funeral placed in Ebenezer Baptist Church. Where he was born at. -
Technology "Man on the Moon"
Although the USSR appeared to be ahead in the space race in the 50's and 60's the ultimate prize went to the United States in 1969 when Neil Armstrong (left) and Buzz Aldrin (right) were landed on the moon and returned safely back to earth, many who remember the immortal words " One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind ". Inventions The Year Invented Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
