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JFK wins Presidency
Kennedy wins his margin of victory over Republicain Richard Nixon is just over 100,00 votes -
Federal Protection of freedom riders
President JFK orders US Marshals to provide protection for "Freedom riders" attempting to integrate interstate bus travel -
Minimum wage hike
President JFK signs legislation raising the minimum wage in stages from its current 1.00 an hour to 1.25 an hour by September 1963 -
Kennedy proposes Moon Program
in a congressional address, President JFK pledges to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade -
March on Washington
Approximately 250,00 people take park in the MArch on Washington for jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King gives a the closing address in front of the LIncoln Memorial and states I have a Dream -
Church in Burringham
A bomb at 16th street Baptist Church in Burringham Alabama kills 4 young girls and injures several others prior to Sunday service the bombing fuels angry protest. -
Kennedy Assassination
President JFK is assassinated in Dallas ,Texas. Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as president the same day -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Presidents Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil right Act 1964 into law preventing employment discrimination due to race, color,sex,religion or national origin. -
Malcolm X is assassinated
Black religious leader Malcolm X is assassinated during a rally by members of the nation of Islam. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Johnson signs the voting rights act to prevent the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement it also allowed federal examiners to review voter qualifications and federal observers to monitor polling places