Meirs Final

  • roosevelt banned discrimination in defence industry

    roosevelt banned discrimination in defence industry
  • Core was formed

    Core was formed
  • Jackie robinson joins the Dodgers

    Jackie robinson joins the Dodgers
  • Truman desegregated military

    Truman desegregated military
  • Brown v. BOE

    Brown v. BOE
  • US aid french in Vietnam

    US aid french in Vietnam
  • French surrender

     French surrender
  • SEATO formed

    SEATO formed
  • Rosa parks and bus boycotts

    Rosa parks and bus boycotts
  • Southern manifesto

    Southern manifesto
  • SCLC formed

    SCLC formed
  • little rock 9

    little rock 9
  • Vietcong formed

    Vietcong formed
  • Castro power

     Castro power
  • SNCC

    SNCC
  • first US troops in vietnam

     first US troops in vietnam
  • Greensboro sit in

    Greensboro sit in
    this sparked the sit in protest movement.
  • First freedom ride

    First freedom ride
  • JFK takes office

    JFK takes office
  • Peace corps formed

    Peace corps formed
  • berlin wall

    berlin wall
  • bay of pigs invasion

    bay of pigs invasion
  • Mapp v. Ohio

    Mapp v. Ohio
  • James meredith tries to get into Ole Miss and an order was sent for the to desegregate.

    James meredith tries to get into Ole Miss and an order was sent for the to desegregate.
    A riot broke out but she still enrolled and took his first classes, she was later shot and almost killed
  • cuban missile crisis

     cuban missile crisis
  • Baker v. Carr

    Baker v. Carr
  • March on washington, I have a dream

    March on washington, I have a dream
  • JFK assassinated

    JFK assassinated
  • Church bombing

    Church bombing
  • nuclear test ban treaty

    nuclear test ban treaty
  • Gideon v. Wainwright

    Gideon v. Wainwright
  • king violates a city ordinance and gets thrown in jail writes out letter

    king violates a city ordinance and gets thrown in jail writes out letter
  • SNCC formed freedom summer

    SNCC formed freedom summer
  • Malcolm x away from NOI

     Malcolm x away from NOI
  • 24th admendment

    24th admendment
  • Malcolm x broke away from the nation of islam

    Malcolm x broke away from the nation of islam
  • Gulf of Tonkin resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin resolution
  • Economic Opportunity Act

    Economic Opportunity Act
  • Reynolds v. Sims

    Reynolds v. Sims
  • Malcolm x was shot and killed

     Malcolm x was shot and killed
  • Voting rights act

    Voting rights act
  • rollin thunder

    rollin thunder
  • medicare and medicaid- insurance for low income and elderly/disabled

    medicare and medicaid- insurance for low income and elderly/disabled
  • Congress passed parts of Johnson’s Great Society legislation

    Congress passed parts of Johnson’s Great Society legislation
  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  • The Water Quality Act

    The Water Quality Act
  • Immigration and Nationality Act

    Immigration and Nationality Act
  • Bloody sunday

    Bloody sunday
    state troops attacked a group of protesters on the Edmund pettus bridge
  • President Johnson went on national television calling for federal intervention in election

    President Johnson went on national television calling for federal intervention in election
  • the Clean Water Restoration Act

    the Clean Water Restoration Act
  • James meredith used the term black power

    James meredith used the term black power
  • The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act

    The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
  • the Air Quality Act

    the Air Quality Act
  • Tinker v. Des Moines School District

     Tinker v. Des Moines School District
  • Environmental Protection Agency

    Environmental Protection Agency
  • Reagan into the White House

    Reagan into the White House