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Desegregation of University of Alabama
Governor George Wallace promised his white followers “Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!” The U.S. Supreme Court, however, had declared segregation unconstitutional in 1954’s Brown v. Board of Education, and the executive branch had to take aggressive measures to enforce the ruling. -
March on Washington
On 08 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C.,the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Organized by a number of civil rights and religious groups, the event was designed to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans continued to face across the country. The march became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States, motivated by MLK Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, a spirited call for racial justice and equality. -
Kennedys Assasination (https://youtu.be/uw0CHiPpy0o)
Crowds of excited people lined the streets and waved to the Kennedys. The car was on Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m. As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire was suddenly heard and bullets struck the president's neck and head while the governor was also hit in the chest. And at 1:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead. Though seriously wounded, Governor Connally would recover. and then Lyndon B Johnson takes office -
KKK (https://youtu.be/PbF6TQc2904)
Founded in 1866, the KKK extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for blacks. as if they weren't bad enough in in the early 20th century, they began burning crosses and staging rallies, parades and marches denouncing immigrants, Catholics, Jews, blacks and organized labor. -
Black Panther Party
An African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from police brutality. The Panthers eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group that called for the arming of all African Americans, -
The Hippie Movement
This was a time where the youth started reflecting on social values and experimentation then became the new social norm. A new counterculture was forming and those involved were not afraid of what people thought of them, and it fact many thought that those angered by what they were doing were jealous. started as a youth movement and their ideas on all things political, social, cultural and every day values were much different then what American citizens had ever seen before. -
President Nixon
Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States (1969-1974) after previously serving as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from California. After successfully ending American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with the U.S.S.R. and China, he became the only President to ever resign office, because of the Watergate scandal. -
Neil Armstrong (https://youtu.be/G6A72ufn3l4)
He began his NASA career in Ohio. After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955. His first assignment was with the NACA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland. Over the next 17 years, he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Finally on July 20th 1969 he became the first man to walk on the moon. -
Watergate Scandal (https://youtu.be/i0Q4zPR4G7M?list=PLhk-eBMI6JO5ybkhK_BIrFwsT4O9SmP9K)
In July, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to turn over the tapes that proved his involvement in wiretapping and stealing important documents The House of Rep voted to impeach him for obstruction of justice, abuse of power, criminal cover-up and several violations of the Constitution. Finally, on August 5, Nixon released the tapes, which provided undeniable evidence of his involvement in the Watergate crimes. In the face of certain impeachment by the Senate, the president resigned on August 8. -
Hurricane Carmen (https://youtu.be/xqNCxPyAzzc)
Carmen originated as a tropical disturbance that started in Africa then toward the end of August it traveled westward, becoming an official hurricane in east of the Lesser Antilles on August 29.killing 8 people and causing $162 million in damage. -
Vietnam War https://youtu.be/89_3DgW_7mg
https://youtu.be/89_3DgW_7mg The Vietnam War was a long, costly war against the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, vs South Vietnam and the United States. The war, was increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. -
Elvis Presly
in 1954, Elvis began his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture.
