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Brown VS. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) , a landmark United States Supreme Court case where the court made it illegal by law to have racial segregation in the public school system. . The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation.
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Colored Television
In late 1953, the FCC adopted the RCA compatible system, commonly referred to as the NTSC system. The first color television sets for this system were sold in 1954, they used a 15-inch screen. Later that year, 19-inch sets were made, and by 1955 all sets were made with a 21-inch picture tube. -
Emmett Till
While visiting family 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman. His assailants–the white woman’s husband and her brother made Emmett carry a 75-pound cotton-gin fan to the bank of the Tallahatchie River and ordered him to take off his clothes. The two men then beat him nearly to death, gouged out his eye, shot him in the head, and then threw his body, tied to the cotton-gin fan with barbed wire, into the river. -
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. This war was known for its widespread unpopularity across the US. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict.
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Assassination of JFK
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday November 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas. Though many believe the assassination was more than a simple one man job Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the assassination of United States President on that same day.
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Nike
Nike was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports and initially operated as a distributor for the Japanese shoemaker Onitsuka Tiger. It officially became Nike Inc. in 1971. It is now known as an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services. -
Black Panther Movement
Black Panther Party, original name Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, African American revolutionary party, founded in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The party's original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.
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Hippie Movement
During the mid-1960's a hippie subculture started to emerge among the youth population. The Hippie's created their own social groups, listened to psychedelic rock, embraced the sexual revolution and used drugs such as marijuana, LSD, and "magic mushrooms" to explore other states of consciousness.
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Martin Luther King Jr's Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was killed at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. A single shot fired by James Earl Ray from over 200 feet away at a nearby motel hit him in the neck. He died an hour later at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The death of America’s leading civil rights advocate sparked a wave of rioting in the black communities of several cities around the country.
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HIV/AIDS
Cases of AIDS were documented prior to 1970, available data suggests that the epidemic started in mid to late 1970s. By 1980, HIV may have already spread to five continents (North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Australia). In this period, between 100,000 and 300,000 people could have already been infected -
New Entertainment
BMX, skateboards, go-karts and Ten Pin bowling emerged on the entertainment scene, and they all easily became popular. They were exciting and provided people with new things to do, other than going to movies and dances. -
Music Technology
On July 1, 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman, a 14 ounce, blue-and-silver, portable cassette player. Music technology continued to make dramatic developments throughout the 1980's; as it soon after brought the boom box and much more.
