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Thurgood Marshall argues against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education
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The Soviets launch Sputnik
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The Berlin Wall divides East and West Berlin
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Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates John F. Kennedy
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Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister of India
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The National Organization for Women is formed
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La Raza Unida is organized to support rights for Mexican Americans
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The American Indian Movement protests at Wounded Knee