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Brown vs. Board of Education
Outlawed segregation in schools -
"The Pill" comes on the market
Gives Woman sexual freedom with less chance of risk -
Peace Corps founded
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Bay of Pigs
Unsuccessful invasion of Cuba -
Silent Spring published
Book written by Rachel Carson that gave Americans an awareness of enviromental issues -
I have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I have a Dream" Speech -
March on Washington
A quarter of a million people, blacks and whites alike, marched to Washington DC -
Assassination of Kennedy/LBJ sworn in
Declared dead at the hospital. Lyndon Johnson was taken into Air Force One to be sworn in as president -
Economic Opportunity Act
Signed by Johnson. Establihed Office of Economic Opportunity in an effort to fight poverty -
Malcolm X Assassinated
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First 'Teach-in' at University of Michigan
Students and teachers gathered to disscuss the U.S. intervention of the Vietnam War -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
First federal-aid-to-education law. Gave $1 billion to help provide supplies for public schools and programs -
Watts Riots
Riots in a black neighborhood broke out between the residents and the white police officers -
Miranda vs. Arizona
Officers must read suspects of Miranda rights before arresting them -
National Organization for Women founded
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Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at his house -
Apollo 11 lands
Apollo 11 lands Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon's surface -
Occupation of Alcatraz
Members of American Indian Movement occupy Alcatraz Island
