1955-1975

By KAviles

  • Emmett Till

    Emmett Till is wrongly accused and lynched.
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat starting the Montgomery bus boycott

  • 1956 Presidential Eleection

    Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected as president.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine black students are escorted to school by the U.S. National Guard.

  • 1960 Presidential Election

    John F. Kennedy is elected President.
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    Bay of Pigs

    A failed Cuban invasion brings shame on the administration of JFK.
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    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Nuclear missiles in Cuba cause a scare for the U.S.

  • March on Washington

    The March on Washington occurs and Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech.

  • JFK assassinated

    John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson assumes office.

  • 1964 Presidential Election

    Lyndon B. Johnson is reelected for a full term.

  • Malcolm X Assassinated

    Malcolm X is assassinated.

  • MLK assassinated

    Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated.

  • Robert Kennedy Assassinated

    Robert Kennedy is assassinated.

  • 1968 Presidential Election

    Richard Nixon is elected President.

  • Sesame Street

    Sesame Street premieres on PBS.

  • Gold Standard

    President Nixon take the U.S. off the gold standard.

  • Watergate

    A failed break in at the Watergate Office Building occurs.

  • 1972 Presidential Election

    Richard Nixon is reelected president

  • Watergate Hearings

    The Senate Watergate Scandal hearings begin.

  • Watergate Scandal

    The House Judiciary Committee votes to impeach President Nixon.

  • Ford Pardons Nixon

    After Nixon resigned, Gerald Ford assumes office and pardons Nixon.

  • Vietnam War Ends.

    The Vietnam War ends with the fall of Saigon.