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Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan members bombed the Birmingham, Alabama, home of civil rights activist Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. Shuttlesworth was home at the time of the bombing with his family and two members of Bethel Baptist Church, where he served as pastor. -
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Vietnam War
he Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It was ended in 1975 when the United States pulled out. -
McCarthyism
The 1950 events sharply increased the sense of threat from Communism in the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodolEmUg2g -
Space Race
The Space Race refers to the 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for dominance in spaceflight capability. It lasted from 1957-1975. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvaEvCNZymo -
"The Little Rock Nine"
Nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. It was a result of the court case Cooper v. Aaron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodolEmUg2g -
Elvis Presely
Elvis Presley the American singer and actor was drafted into the military. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8jAqvmnsIk -
Integration in University of Alabama
A federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to admit African American students Vivien Malone and James Hood during its summer session. -
JFK Assassination
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jfk-assassination-files-latest-updates-who-killed-release-charles-thomas-lee-harvey-oswald-a8317901.html -
The Black Panther Party
In late October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense). In formulating a new politics, they drew on their experiences working with a variety of Black Power organizations. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/power-to-the-people-the-rise-of-the-black-panthers/ -
Hippie Culture
They made their way to Northern California this year. The Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco popularized hippie culture, leading to the legendary Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States. -
Watergate Scandal
Break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. -
Ronald Reagan's Reaganomics
Economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. These policies are commonly associated with supply-side economics, referred to as trickle-down economics by political opponents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDWKEHbBh4g
