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CORE formed
The congress for racial equality or CORE was founded on the campus of the University of Chicago. It was an activist organization in the early stages of the civil rights movement. They continued into the 1960s and did things like freedom rides and focused on desegregating public facilities. -
Jackie Robinson joins the Dodgers
This was a big step in the MLB since he was the first black man to ever play in it. -
Jackie Robinson joins the Dodgers
This was important in the world of sports because this put desegregation on a national level in not only major league sports but it made a statement to everyone around the nation. -
Selective service act
was a major revision of the Articles of War of the United States enacted June 24, 1948 that established the current implementation of the Selective Service System. -
truman desegregated the military
Executive order 9981 made judgement based on color, race, religion or ethnicity not allowed in the armed forces. This was the main factor in the desegregation of the military which was a big step in the human rights movement. This also helped stop the army from sending all black groups to the front lines to die first. -
US aid french in Vietnam
As communism started to move through the area, the US decided to step in and give aid to the french who were already at war with the communists. This was a step towards our eventual joining in the war and fighting in the region full on -
Brown v. BOE
This supreme court case was the start of a turning point in desegregation. This was the first time the court ruled unanimously that segregating public schools was unethical. Although this ruling wouldn't be enforced till later, it got the ball rolling. -
french surrender in Vietnam
the french had been fighting in Nam for a few years now. most of there campains had been failing so they decide to calll it quits -
SEATO formed
The Southest Asia trade organization purpose was to prevent communism from gaining ground -
Rosa parks and bus boycotts
on december first, Rosa Parks was asked to give up here seat on a bus to a white man. After declining she was arrested and put into jail. This sparked the bus boycott movement in montgomery alabama that would lead to desegregation of transportation -
southern manifesto
A document on way things should be segregated -
little rock 9
A group of 9 students who enrolled at an all white school in Arkansas. This was to challege the Brown v BOE ruling. They were met with strong resistance and eventually had to have military or police escorts just to get to class. -
sclc formed
This was an african american rights organization of which Dr. King was the first president of. It was an off shoot of the protests in Montgomery with the bus boycotts. It was a peaceful movement and advocated nonviolence heavily -
castro comes to power
in 1959 Castro lead his army into the Cuban capital and took over the nation with force -
first US troops in vietnam
First time we send troops to fight in Nam. Oficially putting us in the war -
sncc formed
The student nonviolent coordinating commity was a organization for young people who whated to help with the human rights movement. They were know for sometimes losing their cool during protests but worked with the sclc in many different protests -
Greensboro sit in
it all start at Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina were a group of african american sat at a luch counter that was segregated until they were serve. This movement spread across the country because of its effectiveness. It caused the companies to lose money and some ended up turning violent. -
Vietcong formed
The viet cong were a group of people in northern vietnam who took up arms agaist the American forces. They were backed by the Russians who wanted them to help establish communism in Vietnam. They were known for there guerilla warfare and amazing use of the jungle they were fighting in. -
JFK takes office
John F Kennedy was elected and took office -
peace corps formed
A volenteer program that helped to provide social and economical assistance -
bay of pigs invasion
this was an American funded invasion of Cuba by 1,400 Cubans where were kicked out and exiled. This manouver ended up failing. The rebels were severly outnumbered and out gunned. They surrended after less then 24 hours -
first freedom ride
freedom rides were protests to challenge the enforcement of desegregation in the south. Activists from the north rode public buses into the segregated south to protest. They were often white and still met with violence many times. Some buses were even burned -
Mapp v. Ohio
Supreme court ruling that ruled illegally ceased evidence could not be used in court -
Berlin wall build
This wall was build to seperate east and west germany because there was tention between the democratic side and the communists. This would lead to one side suffering and one side fairing pretty well. -
Baker v. Carr
Allowed federal courts to look at unjustified redistricting -
James meredith tries to get into Ole Miss
an order was sent for the to desegregate. A riot broke out but she still enrolled and took his first classes, she was later shot and almost killed -
cuban missile crisis
A political and Military stand off between the US and USSR because the US found out about the soviet missiles in cuba -
Gideon v. Wainwright
ruled that if an attourney could not be afforded then the state will provide one -
MLK's letters from jail
king violates a city ordinance and gets thrown in jail writes out letter -
nuclear test ban treaty
made nuclear testing in space, under water or in our atmosphere illegal -
march on Washington
A group of protesters marched to the capital to protest for ecinomic and human rights -
I have a dream speech
This famous speech was delivered by MLK during the march on washington -
16th street baptist church bombing
A bomb was planted by a white supremisist in a black church killing three little girls -
JFK assassinated
on this date, President Kennedy was part of a motor brigade going through a park in dallas texas. three shots were fired at him. one missing, one hitting his neck/shoulder area, and one hitting the back of his head. Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who killed him was a known communist. -
Malcolm x away from NOI
Malcolm X left the nation of islam -
Economic Opportunity Act
Allow local chapters to help the war on poverty -
24th admendment
This admendment garunties the right to vote to any citizen of the US who meets the requirements. It did away with things like poll tax and unfair registration. This was put up and passed mostly because of the racism and segregation in the south -
Reynolds v. Sims
legal legislation across state lines must be equal -
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
Gave the US unlimited power to opposed communism -
rollin thunder
A series of bombings carried out by the US in vietnam and cambodia -
Congress passed parts of Johnson’s Great Society legislation
Johnson headed the great society legislation during his presidency. It was kind of an overshot on ability but its goal was to end poverty, reduce crime, get rid of inequality and clean up the enviorment. Although never fully passed, some parts were. -
The Water Quality Act
required stated to issue and enforce strict water quality standards -
Malcolm x was shot and killed
Malcolm X was shot while in a ball room in New York and later died from his wounds -
bloody sunday
state troops attacked a group of protesters on the Edmund pettus bridge. They were marching to the capital of Alabama to protest for their right to vote. The whole thing was highly televised and although brutal, cause a great upstire all around the country. -
President Johnson went on national television calling for federal intervention in election
After seeing the protests in Selma, Johnson went on national television to advocate for voting rights -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
more funding to low income school disticts -
Immigration and Nationality Act
This act made the quota's set by the government on how many of each ethnicities could immagrate into the country. This allowed more Latino immigants to come from down south and work in the agraculture industry in the southern parts of the US. -
medicare and medicaid
Originally created for hospital and medical insurance, Johnson signed these into law to help the american public with healthcare -
Voting rights act
This act stemmed from the protests that happened in Selma, Alabama. These were lead by Dr. King. It gave people of color the rights to register to vote by eleminating poll taxs, and making the requirments to register very stick so there was no room for funny buisness -
Riot in watts Los Angeles
these series of riots lasted 6 days. The participants were mostly afican american and it took place in african american neighborhoods. It resulted in around 40 million dollars in damage and 34 people lost their lives -
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
empower the government to set regulations on motor vehicles -
James Meredith used the term black power
The term Black power was coined and showed african american pride -
Clean Water Restoration Act
provide federal funds to help build facilities to keep our water cleaner -
Air Quality Act
this expanded the governments ability to moniter and study the effects of air pollution. it lead to new regulations and an increase in studies on how to cut back on air polution. -
TET offensive
A series of attacks by the viet cong on major cities and points of interst -
RFK assassinated
Robert F Kennedy was shot and killed in Los Angeles -
Tinker v. Des Moines School District
established the first admendment right for students in schools -
Environmental Protection Agency was created
Established by Nixon, its goal was to help protect the enviorment -
Pentagon papers
the pentagon papers were a series of documents that somehow got leaked from being confedential. These documents were proff that showed the US had done illegal actions over in vietam and cambodia, which they were never suposed to be in. -
Paris peace accord
An attempt to reslove the conflict happening in vietam. This was a cease fire that hopefully would help both sides come to an agreement. It was made so that the US would pull all troops from the reagon and all forein troops would stay out of Loas and Cambodia. -
Reagan into the White House
Ronald Reagan was elected president
