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1960's-1970's
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Civil Rights Sit-ins Challenge Segregation
On February 1st 1960 four African American college students ordered doughnuts and coffee at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. The four students were refused service amd sat down on the stools until closing time.. A sparking wave of similar protests across the nation. I chose this because this started the change for intergration. -
Pollution From Cars
US Congress funds two-year Public Health Service study on air pollution from cars. -
Civil Rights Boynton v. Virginia (1960)
Boynton v. Virginia ruled that segregation on interstate buses and in waiting rooms was illegal. The Civil Rights Activists were going to test the law who were called freedom riders. Busses were bombed. I chose this because This shows the the intergration of races crossing borders and on buses. -
Birth Control For Sale in the United States
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive, commonly known as "the Pill," for sale as birth control in the United States. -
Atomic Explosion
Three operators are killed when a small experimental nuclear reactor explodes in Arco, Idaho. -
U.S Enters Vietnam
The U.S enters Vietnam with 16000 troops and stationed in South Korea. -
Clean Air Act
Senate Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution created. US Congress passes Clean Air Act with $95 million for study and cleanup efforts at local, state and federal level. See former Sen. Edmund S. Muskie's article, "The Clean Air Act: A Commitment to Public Health." -
Equal Pay Act of 1963
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy. -
I Have A Dream Speech
On August 28, 1963, over 250,000 people, including thousands of whites, gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The emerging leader of the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. -
Feminist Civil Rights Act of 1964
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including the Title VII prohibition of discrimination based on sex. -
Anti-War Movement Grows
Word Spreads of the United States bombing parts of Northern Vietnam, and the protest movement grows rapidly. -
Water Quality Act
Congress passes Water Quality Act, Noise Control Act and Solid Waste Disposal Act. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal. -
Dr. Martin Luther King speaks out on Anti-War protest
Dr. Martin luther King oppoesed the Vietnam War. -
Affirmative Action Emplyoment
President Johnson amended Executive Order 11246, which dealt with affirmative action, to include sex discrimination on the list of prohibited employment discrimination. -
March on pentagon
A 2 day march on the Pentagon building attracted national media coverage. Here, leaders of the movement called for young men to burn their draft Cards -
Dr. King is killed by an assassin in Memphis, TN.
Martin Luther King was assinated on April 4th 1968. He had come to Memphis in support of 1,300 striking African-American sanitation workers. Shot on the balcony of his motel, the sniper bullet ripped through King's right jaw, severed his spinal cord, and lodged into his shoulder. An hour later, at 7:05 p.m., Dr. King was pronounced dead at 39 years old. I chose this becuse we lost a huge figure in history. -
Enviormental Movement, Robwert F Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy assassinated. Supported economic and enviormental justice. -
Second March On Washington Anti-Vietnam
A second march on Washington D,C. drew an attendance of about 500,000, one of the largest protest marches ever organized.
