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JFK
John F Kennedy announces his candidacy for President -
Eisenhower
Eisenhower signs Civil Rights act of 1960 -
JFK Presidency
John F Kennedy is sworn in as President -
Dr. King
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and ‘I Have A Dream’ speech -
President Kennedy Died
President Kennedy shot and killed in Dallas, Texas -
Amendments
24th Amendment was passed -
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X is assassinated -
Selma
Bloody Sunday(in Selma) -
Voting Rights
Voting Rights Act of 1965 -
Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ’s ‘We Shall Overcome’ speech is made -
Medicare
Medicare begins July 1st -
Racial Violence
Racial violence in Detroit; 7,000 National Guardsmen aid police after night of rioting. Similar outbreaks in New York City's Spanish Harlem, Rochester, N.Y., Birmingham, Ala., and New Britain, Conn. (July 23) -
Dr. Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, is slain in Memphis -
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is shot and critically wounded in Los Angeles hotel after winning California primary (June 5)—dies June 6
