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The Anti-Apartheild Campaign in South Africa
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Civil Rights Movement
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Counterculture in America and Around the World
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Looming Tower, al-Qaeda and the rise of Radical Islam
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The Pan-African Movement
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The Cold War
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Social Rights (Americans with Disabilities)
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FIth Pan African Congress
All agreed that there is a need for an inependent Africa. -
Hill-Burton Act
The Hill-Burton Act became a law in the United States providing fedral grants to states for the construction of hospitals. -
National Mental Health Foundation
The National Mental Health Foundation was founded by individuals who served in WWII. -
Paralyzed Veterans of America
The Paralyzed Veterans of America foundation is formed. -
Pan Africanist Journal
T. R. Mekonnen starts the Pan Afrianist journal in London -
ANC Youth League
Mandella elected secretary of the ANC Youth League. -
Communism spreads to Czechoslovakia
Communism spreads to Czechoslovakia. This is not good for those who are trying to contain communism -
Equality in Armed Forces
President Truman makes equality for all in the armed fores -
Atomic Bomb
Russia tested its first atomic bomb -
ANC Disobedience
THe ANC promotes violent acts and covial disobedience among citizens -
Sayyid Qutb joined the Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood was a Radical Muslim group who Qutub influenced. -
Korean War begins
This marks the start of the Korean War. -
Birth of Ayman al-Zawahiri
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Birth of John Patrick O'Neill
John Patrick O'Neill os the FBI agent who dedicated his life to finding Osama bin Laden. He was killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. -
Egyptian Government Overthrown
Egypt's government was overthrown by the nationalist Free Officers Movement headed by Gamal Abdel Nasser. -
Qutb and Muslim Brotherhood atempt to kill
Qutb and other Brotherhood members orchestrated a plot to assassinate the Egyptian president -
Vietnam splits
Vietnam splits at 17th parallel. -
Malcom X
A minister who fought for African American rights similar to Martin Luther King Jr. -
South Africa owned by the People
Character that states that South Africa is owned by te people who live there no matter waht their skin color is. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to surrender her seat on a bus. -
Mandela Arrested
Mandela and 150 other people were arrested and charged with treason, they were later found not guilty -
The birth of Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden will later become a popular name among Islamic Extremists. -
Little Rock Desegregation
Desegregation of little Rock High School in Arkansas. -
Communism enters Vietnam
Military actions by the communist party takes place in vietnam -
Adopts name Pan African Congress
Adopts name Pand African Congress (PAC) and first committee is elected. -
Vietcong
The Vietcong is formed -
Pan African Freedom Movement
The leader of the Pan African Freedom Movement dies. -
greensboro sit-ins
Four students sit-in at a department stores segregated lunch counter. -
Police Fire Upon Unarmed Crowd
Police shoot at peaceful protesters fighting against laws put forth by the PAC. 69 people were shot, most were shot in the back. -
South Africa Declares Emergency
The government arrested 18,000 people and simotaniiously banned the ANC and other liberation movvements. -
Detainment
South Africa creates a state of emergency and starts detaining citizens. -
Formation of the SNCC
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee organized many sit-ins. They aligning with the Black Panther Party (BPP). -
Increased aid
President Kennedy increases U.S. military aid to South Vietnam. -
Freedom Rides
Student actavists leave Washington D.C. on a bus to test desegregation on interstate bus systems. -
The Berlin Wall
Construction of the Berlin Wall begins. -
Letter to act as President of the PAC
Robert Sobukwe writes a letter appointing Potlako Leballo to act as president of the PAC. -
African American enrolled in University of Mississippi
First African American student enrolled in University of Mississippi. -
Paarl Revolt
Justice H. Snyman appointed to head the Commission of Inquiry into the 1962 Paarl Revolt begins collecting evidence through hearings. -
PAC attacks South African Government
PAC lauches an attack on the South African Government -
Integration within University of Alabama
Two African American students are admitted into the schools summer session. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. can be included in counterculture because he did not conform with everyone else and stood out to make a change. -
John F. Kennedy Assasinated
President John F. Kennedy assasinated in Texas while treveling in a motorcade. -
Medicare and Medicaid are formed
Medicare and Medicaid are formed by the Social Security ammendments -
The fight against Communism
: U.S. Marines sent to Dominican Republic to fight Communism -
The formation of the SDS
The formation of the Students for a Democratic Society. -
Summer of Love
Thousands of Hippies met in San Francisco. -
The Prague Spring
A representation of people who protested for freedom -
Martin Luther King, Jr. Assasinated
Shot by a sniper while on his second floor balcony in Tennessee. -
French Strike
A strike that took place in France the almost caused the fall of the french Government. -
Woodstock
The woodstock festival was a festival full of counterculture hippies. -
Russian Counter Culture
There was also counterculturalism in Russia which included the increase in explicit langiage, drugs and alcohol use. -
Urban Mass Transportation Act
The Urban Mass Transportation Act became law, and it required all new American mass transit vehicles be equipped with wheelchair lifts.
