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KKK
The KKK first appeared in Alabama following the Civil War, when many Confederate veterans and Democratic Party supporters formed the group to oppose the extension of citizenship and voting rights among former slaves and to end Republican Party control of the state government. In the movie, Forrest Gump is named after the grand dragon of the KKK at the beginning of the movie. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis was known to be the king of rock and roll in the 50's and 60's. In the movie, Forrest as a kid teaches Elvis some of his dance moves that Elvis goes and preforms at his concerts. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1955–75) was a Cold War conflict pitting the U.S. and the remnants of the French colonial government in South Vietnam against the indigenous but communist Vietnamese independence movement, the Viet Minh, following the latter's expulsion of the French in 1954. -
University of Alabama Desegregates
Facing federalized Alabama National Guard troops, Alabama Governor George Wallace ends his blockade of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and allows two African American students to enroll. -
JFK Shooting
JFK was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Black Panthers
The Black Panthers, also known as the Black Panther Party, was a political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to challenge police brutality against the African American community. -
Nixon
The presidency of Richard Nixon began at noon EST on January 20, 1969, when Richard Nixon was inaugurated as 37th President of the United States, and ended on August 9, 1974, when he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office, the first U.S. president ever to do so. -
Moon Landing
Their attention was focused on three astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins who lay in the couches of an Apollo spacecraft bolted atop a Saturn V launch vehicle, awaiting ignition of five clustered rocket engines to boost them toward the first lunar landing. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
The event marked a thaw in Sino-American relations that paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon. -
Drugs
The use of drugs in the 70s, 80s, and 90s were used a lot in the time of the hippies and the vietnam war to keep soldiers awake. -
Watergate
Watergate. An incident in the presidency of Richard Nixon that led to his resignation. In June 1972, burglars in the pay of Nixon's campaign committee broke into offices of the Democratic party. -
John Lennon
John Lennon was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles.
