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Brown V, Board of Education Summary
brown v board of education summary was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
Start of Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the United States in Dec 5 1955 -
1956
Soviet leader Khrushchev publicly denounces Stalin, begins official policy of "de-Stalinization" in the USSR. Egypt seizes Suez Canal; Britain and France respond with force; U.S. and Soviet Union help negotiate a cease-fire. -
Emergence of the Little Rock Nine
The police escorted the nine African American students into the school on September 23, through an angry mob of some 1,000 white protesters gathered outside. Amidst ensuing rioting, the police removed the nine students. -
Lyndon B. Johnson transition to president
Lyndon B. Johnson's tenure as the 36th president of the United States began on November 22, 1963 following the assassination of President Kennedy and ended on January 20, 1969. -
March on Washington
On August 28 1963, a quarter of a million people rallied in Washington, D.C. to demand an end to segregation, fair wages and economic justice, voting rights, education, and long overdue civil rights protections. Civil rights leaders took to the podium to issue urgent calls to action that still resonate decades later. -
John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Assassination
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST in Dallas, Texas. -
Birth year of parent or grandparent
US Population exceeds 195 million. -
Start of the Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party, originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was a Marxist-Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. -
Muhammad Ali Refuses to fight in the Vietnam War
Prior to his match against Foley, Ali received news he had been drafted to fight in Vietnam. When Ali arrived to be inducted in the United States Armed Forces, however, he refused, citing his religion forbade him from serving. -
Thurgood Marshall First African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first Black person to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Marshall was no stranger to the Senate or the Supreme Court at the time. Marshall was confirmed in a 69-11 floor vote to join the Court. -
Summer of Love
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 06, 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4th 1968 in Memphis, TN. -
Bobby Hutton Assassination
On the night of April 6, 1968, Hutton was killed by Oakland Police officers after Eldridge Cleaver -
End of the Vietnam War
Having rebuilt their forces and upgraded their logistics system, North Vietnamese forces triggered a major offensive in the Central Highlands in March 1975. On April 30, 1975. -
James Brown’s “Say it out loud”
The political climate in which he wrote the song couldn't have been more timely. "If James Brown was the Godfather of Soul, he was also the musical expression of the black power movement. Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud is a landmark, groundbreaking song.Aug 9, 2008 -
Civil Rights Act Passed
The Senate approved its first civil rights bill in the midst of the Civil War. On April 3, 1862.