1960s and public protests

  • Oct 1st 1955

    Oct 1st 1955
    This is when Rosa Parks was the first to refuse bus segregation.
  • May 17th 1954

    May 17th 1954
    Board of Education vs. Brown.
  • Oct 5th 1955

    Oct 5th 1955
    The boycotting protests begins
  • Sept 1st 1957

    Sept 1st 1957
    The first "Little Rock Nine" which is nine teens came to be known, were to be the first African American students to enter Little Rock's Central High School.
  • Oct 20th 1957

    Oct 20th 1957
    The court seating gets segregated.
  • April 6th 1963

    April 6th 1963
    The Kennedy administration happened which the president, Kennedy confronted mounting Cold War tensions in Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere.
  • Jan 7th 1966

    Jan 7th 1966
    During this time the Vietnam anti-war movement was one of the most pervasive displays of opposition to the government policy in modern times.
  • May 16 1966

    May 16 1966
    They had a draft policy protest because they wanted to stop war.
  • June 9th 1967

    June 9th 1967
    During this time kids in Vietnam were going through a hard time. There houses and schools were bombed and destroyed. Many children became homeless and their schools had to be moved.
  • Jan 27th 1973

    Jan 27th 1973
    This is the peace agreement which establishes a ceasefire, a 60-day period for withdrawal of all American and other foreign troops.