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Ku Klux Klan
In the movie Forrest Gump claims that his mother named him after Civil war hero, Nathan Bedford Forrest; founder of the KKK. They were devoted to terrorizing and intimidating African Americans
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Rock N Roll
Elvis Presley stayed at night with the Gumps. He later became a singer whose music helped to transform and revolutionize popular music in the 1950s.
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Vietnam War
After his college graduation, Forrest enlists in the U.S. Army. Vietnam War was a Cold War military conflict
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Stand In The Schoolhouse Door
Forrest witness the integration of African Americans and Whites. The district court had ruled that the University of Alabama's practice of denying black students admission into their university was a violation of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education case
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JFK Assination
After being named to the All-American Team Forrest meets John F. Kennedy President John Kennedy was assassinated on November 23, 1963 in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Black Panther Party
Also, while reuniting with Jenny, Forrest meets a group of people from the Black Panther Party.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/02/16/fifty-years-later-america-still-cant-understand-the-black-panthers/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.edb8a216d0c7 -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Forrest witnesses the moon landing on T.V.
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Ping Pong Diplomacy
Forrest is so good at ping pong he is asked to play on the American team against the Chinese. When the US ping pong is invited to play in China this leads to Nixon and Mao Zedong becoming friends
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Anti-War Rally
Forrest briefly reunites with Jenny at an anti-war rally in Washington, D.C. All members of the Anti-War Movement shared an opposition to war in Vietnam and condemned U.S. presence there
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Watergate Scandal
While staying at the Watergate hotel, where Forrest accidentally reveals the Watergate scandal. The members of an association working to have Nixon re-elected, CREEP, were involved in a burglary, and it was then linked to Nixon.
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Hurricane Carmen
After Forrest and Dans boat becomes the only one to survive Hurricane Carmen and they pull in huge amounts of shrimp. Hurricane Carmen was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. -
Apple
Dan invests the money made from the shrimp boats in Apple Computer. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.
https://youtu.be/GBrDstsJycM
