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Brown v.Board of Education Case
This case determined the seperation between public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional.The Brown case was a major kickstart for the civil rights movement. -
Montgomery bus boycott
Mrs. Rosa Parks sait in the front white section of a bus but was arrested. This brought about a largescale boycott. Later the US Supreme court declared that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional. -
Sclc founded
SCLC was made to advance the cause of civil rights in America but in a non-violent manner. -
Little Rock School Desegregation
9 African american students tried to enter Little Rocke Central Highschool. The mobs made to keep them out were seen nationaly. After they graduated integration was enforced through Arkansas. -
counter culture movement
A movement involved a variety of social concerns and beliefs. People were satisfied with the way they were either raised or how there future was set -
Greensboro sit-ins
When some African Americans tried to eat at an all-white restaurant but were denied service they started a protest called a sit-in and the sparked sit-ins all over. -
SNCC founded
SNCC was made to enforce the success of non-violent sit-ins -
Feminine mystique published
The book that "started" the woman feminist movement -
Letters From Birmingham Jail
Letters written by Martin Luther King Jr. from jail. The letter was enforcing peacr and love shown in the protests towards the hatred of the white man -
March on Washington
The march on washington was for the jobs and freedom of all blacks. -
Beatles come to America
When the band came to America almost all teenage girls fell in love and they promoted love and non-violence -
Freedom summer
Civil rights organizations organized a voter registration drive aimed at dramatically increasing voter registration in Mississippi. Many white authorities displayed acts of violence and deepened the hatred. -
Malcom X assassinated
Malcolm X was an figure during the Civil Rights movement. After which more mobs and violence broke out. -
Selma campaign
The Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights ended where state and lawmen attacked them with clubs and tear gas and drove the marching blacks back into Selma. -
Voting rights act
The Voting Rights Act (VRA) bans racial discrimination in voting practices by the federal government as well as by state and local governments. -
Miranda V. Arizona
A kidnapping and sexual assault occurred in Phoenix, Arizona by Ernesto Miranda. He was brougt into the interrogation room and admitted to the crime but didn't know his rights so he was let go. -
NOW created
NOW was an orginization made for the equality of women -
Black Panthers formed
A violent movement od African AMerican woman who stood for civil rights -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assasination
Martin Luthe King was a leader of civil rights movements.When assasinated blacks across America rioted and were outraged. -
Woodstock
A large music festival standing for freedome, peace and love. -
Earth day created
Earth day was made to dedicate a day to appreciating the world and make an effort to protect it -
ERA passes
The equal rights amendment proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equality under the law for women. -
Watergate
President Nixon was found Illegally wiretapping othe presidential canidates in order to win. -
Nixon resigns
Instead of being impeached president Nixon resigns following the allegations of the watergate scandal -
Three mile island incident
There was a failure in the cooling system of an nuclear power plant and caused the core to partially melt. Just the danger of the nuclear effects scared all of America -
Challenger explodes
the space ship took off from John F. Kennedy station and exploded 73 seconds after take off killing 6 crew members and a high-school teacher
