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Bay of Pigs
America planned a secret invasion of Cuba which went completely wrong and America was humiliated -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Americans found photos of Soviet missiles ready to launch in Cuba and for 6 days there was fear of nuclear war until Americans promised not to invade Cuba -
MLK's March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr. led 250,000 people to Washington and gave his famous I have a dream speech which ultimately helped Civil Rights and its progression to equality. "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." (quote from the speech). -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Lyndon B. Johnson that made discrimintation in employment and public accomedations illegal and made discrimination for race, gender or religion illegal -
MLK assassinated
Civil rights leader and activist Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated byJames Earl Ray and the night he died the worst urban riotiong took place in US history
