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Robert F.Kennedy
Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964. -
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Five separate cases that were heard by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the issue of segregation in public schools. -
Space Race
Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. -
The presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960)
Who listened on the radio thought that Nixon had won. Who watched that debate on television thought that Kennedy had won. -
The Letter from Birmingham Jail
People can't wait, but must actively break unjust segregation laws nonviolently. He wanted to persuade his audience to break unjust laws. -
I have a dream speech
A public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963 -
Johnson’s Great Society
The Great Society was Lyndon Johnson's vision for America which demanded an end to poverty, racial injustice, and an opportunity for every child. -
The civil rights legislation
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.