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McCarthyism
Practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
A landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till’s murder
Fourteen-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till visited relatives in Mississippi. At Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market, a store owned by a white couple, Roy and Carolyn Bryant, Till is said to have whistled at Mrs. Bryant. -
Vietnam War
The begin of the tragic Vietnam war. -
Integration
On court order, the University of Alabama admits its first African-American student, Autherine Lucy, but finds legal ways to prevent her attendance. -
Success of Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott ends in December, having successfully integrated Montgomery's buses. -
Little rock nine
In a key event of the American Civil Rights Movement, nine black students enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. -
Bee Gees
A pop music group formed in 1958. The members are Steve Rucker, Barry Gibb, Robbin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Colin Peterson, Vince Melouney, Blue Weaver, Dennis Bryon, Alan Kendoll, and Geof Brigford. -
Cooper v. Aaron
The Supreme Court decision Cooper v. Aaron rules that a threat of mob violence is not reason enough to delay school desegregation. -
Welcoming a dangerous desease
An HIV sample was collected froma man in Africa and brought to America, how the man was infected is unknown. -
Take that Soviet Union
That proclamation by President John F. Kennedy before a joint session of Congress set the stage for an astounding time in our nation's emerging space program. The goal -- fueled by competition with the Soviet Union dubbed the "space race" -- took what was to become Kennedy Space Center from a testing ground for new rockets to a center successful at launching humans to the moon. -
Bad George Wallace
In another event of 1963 that cemented the public perception of the new Alabama governor, Wallace led a "stand-in the schoolhouse door" to prevent two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from enrolling at the University of Alabama, until the National Guard intervened. He continued to oppose integration throughout his term. -
There goes the neighborhood
In 144 school districts in 11 Southern and border States, desegregation was carried out for the first time this month in an orderly and peaceful manner. Parents, students, citizens, school officials, and public officials of these areas met their responsibilities in a dignified, law-abiding way. It wasn't necessary for the Federal Government to become involved in any of those States. -
Assaination of John F Kennedy
Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign -
BASIC computer language invented
Invented by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, BASIC was first successfully used to run programs on the school's General Electric computer system 50 years ago -
Malcolm X's Assassinantion
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. -
Hippie Era
The hippie subculture began its development as a youth movement in the United States during the early 1960s and then developed around the world. Its origins may be traced to European social movements in the 19th and early 20th century such as Bohemians, and the influence of Eastern religion and spirituality. -
Balnk Panthers
The Black Panthers believed that the non-violent campaign of Martin Luther King had failed and any promised changes to their lifestyle via the 'traditional' civil rights movement, would take too long to be implemented or simply not introduced. -
Tragic Death of a Leader
Assasinantion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
At 12:50 a.m. PDT, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a presidential candidate, is shot three times in a hail of gunfire in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Five others were wounded. -
One giant leap for mankind
Apollo 11 lands on the moon along with Neil Armstrong who is the first man to ever walk on the moon. -
Woodstock music
Conceived as “Three Days of Peace and Music,” Woodstock was a product of a partnership between John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang. Their idea was to make enough money from the event to build a recording studio near the arty New York town of Woodstock. -
Watergate Scandal
A major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
Jimmy Carter
President Carter spoke at 12:05 p.m. from a platform erected at the East Front of the Capitol. Immediately before the address, Chief Justice of the United States Warren E. Burger administered the oath of office. Citation: Jimmy Carter: "Inaugural Address," -
Iran hostage crisis
The Iran hostage crisis, also known in Iran as Conquest of the American Spy Den, was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. -
John Lennon’s Murder
Former Beatle John Lennon, the 40-year-old lead singer of the most popular rock group in history, was shot to death last night as he stepped from a limousine outside his home in the Dakota, an exclusive apartment building on Central Park West and 72d St. -
Oh no not Reagan!
John Hinckley, Jr.shoots President Ronald Reagan outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C. just after the president had addressed the Building and Construction Workers Union of the AFL-CIO. -
Hello Regan!
Regan was sworn into presidency. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Ronald Reagan as President and George H. W. Bush as Vice President. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administered the oath of office -
Reganomics
Reagan’s mix of across-the-board tax cuts, deregulation, and domestic spending restraint helped fuel an economic boom that lasted two decades. Under Reaganomics, 16 million new jobs were created. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West.
