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US Senate
Eisenhower inaugurated as 34th President of the United States of America in Washington. -
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Yale
The Great Powers of the USSR, US, France, Britain, and China meet in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss unifying Vietnam (Indochina) and restoring peace. Beginning of events that would lead to Vietname War. -
Time Magazine
On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court made the unanimous decision that state laws enforcing seperate public schools for Black students and White students was unconstitutional. The decision was one of the most pivotal events of the Civil Rights Movement. -
CNN
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, thus starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the larger Civil Rights Movement. -
American Rhetoric
JFK speaks of a "New Frontier" in his accpetance speech to inspire Americans toward the future of his presidency. -
US House of Representatives
The 24th Amendment is passed which outlaws the poll tax as a requirement in federal elections. The poll tax had previously prevented many Black voters from voting. -
[Birmingham Public Library](http://<a href='http://http://www.bplonline.org/programs/1963/Letter.aspx)' >Birmingham Public Library</a>
Martin Luther King Jr. writes his famous Letter From a Birmingham Jail after being arrested in Birminham for protesting. -
NAACP
Head of Mississippi NAACP is shot outside his home on the same night that Pres. Kennedy addresses the nation on race, asking "Are we to say to the world...that this is a land of the free except for Negroes." -
Time Magazine
More than 200,000 blacks and whites gather before Lincoln Memorial to hear speeches (including King's "I Have a Dream") and protest racial injustice. -
History Channel
President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated by a group soldiers after the South Vietnamese Government is overthrown. This is not what the United States wants and they subsequently become more involved in Vietnam. -
JFK Presidential Library
On November 22, 1963, the end of John F. Kennedy's influential presidency came as he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while visiting Dalls, Texas. -
EPA
Under JFK, the Cleam Air Act is passed to control air pollution on a national level. -
University of Michigan
LBJ delivered the commencement address at the University of Michigan months after assuming the presidency. In his speech he outlined what he called the "Great Society." -
CSD
The Economic Oppurtunity Act was signed by LBJ to combat poverty in US; includes social programs to promote health, education, and welfare. -
ABC
Malcolm X is assassinated while preparing to give a speech Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom. -
National Archives
Overcoming Senate filibuster, Congress passes law forbidding racial discrimination in many areas of life, including hotels, voting, employment, and schools. -
US Department of Justice
The Voting Rights Act is passed which outlaws discriminatory practices responsible for widespread voting discrimination among Blacks. -
Smithsonian
While supporting sanitation workers' strike which had been marred by violence in Memphis, King is shot by James Earl Ray. Riots result in 125 cities. -
Leadership Conference
An LGBT riot breaks out in NYC after police harrass homosexuals at the Stonewall Inn. The riots are considered to be the beginning of the LGBT movement. -
Kent State
4 unarmed college students protesting the Cambodian Campaign are shot by the Ohio National Guard. -
EPA
The EPA is formed under Nixon to consolidate all of the government's environmental responsibilities under one agency. -
History Channel
Security Guard Frank Wills discovered a piece of tape covering the door latch of the garage of the Watergate Complex. Wills removed the tape, only to later find a new piece. After calling the police, 5 men associated with President Nixon were arrested who appeared to be stealing information concerning the DNC. This began the chain of events known as Watergate that eventually brought down Nixon. -
Discovery News
The Paris Peace Accords are signed which essentially end US involvement in Vietnam, -
Washington Post
Nixon resigned from the presidency on August 9, 1974 after the growing pressure of the Watergate Scandal threatened to have him impeached. He was the first and only President to do so. -
US Senate
Gerald Ford is inaugurated as the 38th President of the United States in Washington. -
NY Times
Saigon, the Capitol of South Vietnam, falls to North Vietnamese as it is unable to defend itself without US aid.
