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Ruby Bridges goes to school.
Ruby bridges becomes the first African-american to go to an all white elementary school in the south. Ruby faced all sorts of violent people that were throwing objects at her and shouting mean things. -
Rufus moves to Flint and becomes Kenny's best friend.
Rufus moves to Flint and becomes Kenny's best friend. Rufus was immediately bullied when he came in the bus for the way he dressed. Kenny would give Rufus one of his sandwiches everyday because Rufus didn't have a lunch. Also Rufus would come to Kenny's house everyday to play with dinosaurs -
The cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile crisis happened after the United States invaded Cuba. The Soviet Union who was a major ally of Cuba threatened to bomb america from Cuba. It came to an end when President Kennedy set up a naval blockade to stop the soviets from getting the missiles to Cuba. -
The hippie movement becomes popular
A man named Chandler A. Laughlin II started the hippie movement by getting 50 people together who all are anti-war and anti-nuclear and believe in world peace. This was the start of the hippie movement. -
Byron gets in trouble
Byron Almost gets burned by playing with matches, killed a bird, and used chemicals to straighten his hair -
The Watson's go to Birmingham
Kenny’s Mom and Dad announce that they will be taking a family trip to Birmingham to drop Byron off for the summer with their Grandma Sands. -
The march on Washington and Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech
This was when 250,000 people marched for equal rights and jobs. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his very famous "I have a dream speech." -
Church bombing
Joey goes to church with the neighbors and a bomb goes off in the church. -
JFK ASSASSINATED
The United States president, John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.
