The Civil Rights Movement

By julob

  • Thurgood Marshall argues against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education

  • The Soviets launch Sputnik

  • The Berlin Wall divides East and West Berlin

  • Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates John F. Kennedy

  • Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister of India

  • The National Organization for Women is formed

  • La Raza Unida is organized to support rights for Mexican Americans

  • The American Indian Movement protests at Wounded Knee

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