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Murder of Emmett Till
Was murdered and beaten because he flirted with a white girl his mother allowed an open cassket so the United States could see what he looks like. -
Sit-in
A black who was a college student in the south went to a sit in and asked for coffee was declined service because of his color. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Holds its first ever meeting. -
Boynton v. Virginia
ruling that segregation on vehicles traveling between states is unlawful. -
Integration of Ole Miss
James Meredith, who is an Air force Veteran and great student applied to a Mississippi college and reject in five days he fights the case gets accepted and graduates Aug. 1963. -
"Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
responds to eight white Alabama ministers who urged him to end the protests and be patient with the judicial process of overturning segregation. -
Freedom Riders
Rode from Washington D.C. to New Orleans but did not make it because the whites blew up the bus. -
Interstate Commerce Commission
nact stricter regulations and fines for buses and facilities that refuse to integrate -
Albany Movement
civil rights activists participate in a series of protests, marches and meetings in Albany, Georgia -
Agent Orange
USA begin using agent orange to clear the jungles and help find the vietcong -
24th amendment Ratified
Prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections. -
Equal Pay Act
Congress passed this law where women need to be payed the same as if a man held the position. -
March on Washington
I Have A Dream speech by Martin Luther King Jr. trys to stop segergation one of the largest crowds to hear the speech. -
16th Street Church Bombing
An african American church was bombed and killed 4 girls and 22 injured people this event actually had a turning point for this movement. -
Kennedy is assassinated
Kennedy is shot in Texas. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Law passed to ban legal descrimination and segregation. -
EEOC
to investigate complaints and impose penalties -
Freedom Summer
This was an attempt by Predident Johnson to allow black people to vote. -
Golf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress gave Johnson the right to attack Vietnam with out declearing war. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Law signed by president Johnson to end descrimination on voting. -
Malcom X Assassinated
3 members of Nation of Islam killed him because he was trying to end segergation. -
Rolling Thunder
Sustained American bombing raids of North Vietnam, dubbed Operation Rolling Thunder, begin in February -
Selma March
This televised march pushed Johnson to purpose voting rights legislation. -
N.O.W
now prevent women from enjoying the equality of opportunity and freedom of choice which is their right. -
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam surrounded American troops. -
Opperation of Niagara
United States was bombing everywhere but did not nuke. -
My Lai Massacre
The United States soldies had beat and raped women before shooting them, and murdered babies. -
Tet Offensive
It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers throughout South Vietnam. -
Divorce law
California becomes the first state to adopt a "no fault" divorce law, which allows couples to divorce by mutual consent. -
E.R.A- Equality of rights
A proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women.
