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Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
A group established to promote non-violent means to protest racial discrimination. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The 35th president was shot while driving through Dallas, Texas in an open-top convertible car. -
Civil Rights Act
banned discrimination in schools and all public places -
Detroit Riot
Most serious riot that occurred in July and August of 1967. 43 people were killed and $50 million were destroyed. President Lyndon B. Johnson summoned the National Guard and the U.S Army Troops to restore order. -
The Siege of Chicago
Antiwar protesters during Vietnam; 700 arrested and some injured -
My Lai Massacre
American troops brutally massacred innocent women and children in My Lai. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
The Civil Rights Leader was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Gay Pride Parade
First ever one held in New York; celebrating resistance to police harassment at Stonewall Inn -
Massacre at Kent State
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War.
