1950-1990

By sparkman190

  • Creation of KKK

    Creation of KKK
    The KKK are a group of white extremist who terrorized african americans for the sole purpose of them remaining slaves. They also wanted white supremacy in the south.

  • The Korean War

    The Korean War
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X7nbwFxGRU
    A war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union.

  • Emmet till murder

    Emmet till murder
    Emmet was a 14 year old boy who was brutally murdered in mississipi. In his trial the men who killed emmet werefound not guilty. At his funeral his mother let people see what they did to emmet.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The U.S. government involved in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment.

  • Space Race

    Space Race
    The space race was just as the name implies a race to space between the soviets and the U.S. It ended with the U.S being victorious.

  • The Little Rock Nine

    The Little Rock Nine
    The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. They needed military escorts just to get to their school. Even after that they faced physical and verbal abuse.

  • Cuban Missile crisis

    Cuban Missile crisis
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDAQB1sA9k
    The cuban missile crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other.

  • Intergration in university of alabama

    Intergration in university of alabama
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WbLGlIzW88
    a federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to admit African American students Vivien Malone and James Hood during its summer session. The court's decision virtually ensured a showdown between federal authorities and Alabama Governor George Wallace who had made a campaign promise a year earlier to prevent the school's integration,

  • Woodstock

    Woodstock
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=czFr_kJCdKQ
    32 acts performed outdoors before an audience of 400,000 people.It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as the definitive nexus for the larger counterculture generation.

  • Ping Pong Diplomacy

    Ping Pong Diplomacy
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfMRq2Of_Qw First public hints of improved U.S.-China relations. American Ping-Pong team, in Japan for the 31st World Table Tennis Championship, received a surprise invitation from their Chinese colleagues for an all-expense paid visit to china. They would be the first americans to set foot in chna since the communist takeover in 1949.

  • Hurricane Carmen

    Hurricane Carmen
    Hurricane carmen was a destructive and widespread storm. Hurricane carmen was a category 4 hurricane and was really destructive,

  • The Cold War

    The Cold War
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI
    The cold war was capitalism versus communism. a clash of ideology. It was mostly a war without any weapons and more of a debate the two major powers.