Post-WWII to 1980

President H.S. Truman

Period: Jan 11, 1945 to Jan 11, 1953

Cold War

Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Dec 26, 1991

Cold War Timeline

Truman integrates military

Apr 11, 1948

Korean War

Period: Apr 11, 1950 to Apr 11, 1953

President D.D. Eisenhower

Period: Jan 11, 1953 to Jan 11, 1961

Brown v. Board of Education

Apr 11, 1954

Emmett Till & Rosa Parks

Apr 11, 1955

US involvement in Vietnam

Period: Apr 11, 1956 to Apr 11, 1973

Little Rock Nine

Apr 11, 1957

Sputnik launched

Apr 11, 1957

SNCC founded

Apr 11, 1960

President J.F. Kennedy

Period: Apr 15, 1961 to Apr 15, 1963

MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail

Apr 15, 1963

President L.B. Johnson

Period: Dec 11, 1963 to Jan 11, 1969

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Apr 11, 1964

Economic Opportunity Act - War on Poverty

Apr 11, 1964

Malcolm X assassinated

Apr 11, 1965

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Apr 15, 1965

Black Panthers founded

Apr 11, 1966

NOW founded

Apr 11, 1966

MLK assassinated

Apr 11, 1968

President R.M. Nixon

Period: Jan 11, 1969 to Jan 11, 1974

President G.R. Ford

Period: Aug 11, 1974 to Jan 11, 1977

President J.E. Carter

Period: Jan 11, 1977 to Jan 11, 1981