1960s and public protest

By alexuscrook

  • Attack

    Kennedy gave permisson to train Cuban exiles and launch a failed attack on Cuba

  • Assanation

    President Kennedy was assassinated while at a parade in Dallas.

  • The act

    Lyndon B Johnson signed this act in 1964 and it ended discrimination in school public accommodations and the workplace

  • Legislation

    This was a piece of legislation that outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as the poll tax and the literacy test

  • National organization

    The National organization for Women was founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan Pauli Murrayand became a powerful force

  • Election

    Richard Nixon was elected into office after Lyndon Johnson and eventually became the first president to resign from office

  • Martin Luther King jr

    The assassination of Martin Luther King marked a tragic loss for the nation

  • Moon

    Aldrin Collins and Armstrong became the first humans became the first humans to reach the moon on June 20