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Brown v Board of Ed.
A case to desegregate the public.
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Vietnam War
Forrest was sent to fight in the Vietnam war along with many other men his age like his friend Bubba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR4ETx-pgzc
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Elvis Presley-Hound Dog
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Desegregation of University of Alabama
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JFK Assassination
John F. Kennedy was Assassinated in Dallas, Texas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aDyxKy_WVw
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Black Panther Party
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Anti-War Rally
Over 100,000 gathered in Washington D.C. to protest to bring the soldiers back from war.
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Watergate Scandal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaH8ssaCSfQ
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Oil Embargo
During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military and to gain leverage in the post-war peace negotiations -
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Hurricane Carmen
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Apple Founded
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AIDs Epidemic
AIDs started to spread due to the amount of unprotected sexual actions taken in this time.