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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks, an African American woman, refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, violating the current segregation laws. Her persistence sparked a civil rights movement in the United States and inspired leaders of a local black community to organize a bus boycott, lasting for over a year and led by the familiar name, Martin Luther King Jr. To this very day, Rosa Parks remains a symbol of strength and dignity in the struggle to end racial segregation. -
NASA founded
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created with the goal of pioneering aviation and aerospace technology and conducting science missions and the exploration of space. NASA was initially founded in response to the Soviet Union’s launch of its first satellite. The U.S. held a lot of pride on being at the forefront of technology and established NASA, the first step towards the U.S.-Soviet space race. -
bay of pigs
The Bay of Pigs was an attempt by the United States to invade Cuba and to remove Fidel Castro from power over Cuba. The plan was initiated under President Dwight Eisenhower when Fidel Castro nationalized all American companies in Cuba but was later implemented under the administration of John F. Kennedy. The invasion was a disaster and an embarrassment to President Kennedy as most of the attackers was captured. The Bay of Pigs ultimately led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen-day military and political confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union regarding nuclear-armed missiles planted in Cuba by the USSR. This confrontation and discovery brought these two “superpowers” to come close to nuclear conflict. The Cuban Missile Crisis marked the climax of the Cold War and was the moment in which the world came closest to breaking out into nuclear war. -
President John F. Kennedy assassinated
President Johnn F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit. Kennedy’s motorcade was turning past the Texas School Book Depository at Dealey Plaza with crowds lining the streets when shots were fired. Kennedy was pronounced dead after being shot in the neck and head. Americans would forever remember where they were when they heard about the president’s assassination, as it would have a profound political and cultural impact on the nation. -
civil rights act
The Civil Rights Act was a huge step towards the elimination of racial segregation in the United States. Proposed by United States President John F. Kennedy, this act guaranteed equal voting rights, prohibited segregation or discrimination in places of public accommodation involved in interstate commerce, baned discrimination by trade unions, schools, or employers involved in interstate commerce or doing business with the federal government and desegregated public schools. -
first man on the moon
The Apollo 11 Mission sent Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin to the moon, Armstrong becoming the first man to step foot on the moon. As Armstrong took his first step on the moon he said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" which couldn't be any farther from the truth. This mission led America to push and further its efforts in space knowledge and discovery. -
Roe vs. Wade
The Roe vs. Wade was a legal case in which the United States Congress came to the decision that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional. that a woman’s right to choose an abortion was protected by the privacy rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Court supported their decision through the case of Griswold v. Connecticut, which established the right to privacy involving medical procedures.