Timetoast Timeline By jake.vanderziel 1950 Sweatt v. Painter: ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation 1954 Hernandez v. Texas: Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment Period: 1955 to 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest Period: 1957 to 1957 Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba 1961 Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin 1963 Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington 1963 John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX 1964 24th Amendment Abolishes the poll tax 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965: Eliminated literacy tests for voters 1968 Martin Luther King is assassinated 1968 Civil Rights Act of 1968: prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing 1969 First Man on the Moon 1969 Title IX: protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs 1970 Kent State University shooting 1974 Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation 1978 Camp David Accords 1979 Three Mile Island Disaster Period: 1979 to 1981 Iran Hostage Crisis Period: 1985 to 1987 Iran Contra Affair