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Emmett Till
Emmett Till is wrongly accused and lynched. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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1956 Presidential Eleection
Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected as president. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students are escorted to school by the U.S. National Guard. -
1960 Presidential Election
John F. Kennedy is elected President. -
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Bay of Pigs
A failed Cuban invasion brings shame on the administration of JFK. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Nuclear missiles in Cuba cause a scare for the U.S. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington occurs and Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
JFK assassinated
John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson assumes office. -
1964 Presidential Election
Lyndon B. Johnson is reelected for a full term. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
Malcolm X is assassinated. -
MLK assassinated
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated. -
Robert Kennedy Assassinated
Robert Kennedy is assassinated. -
1968 Presidential Election
Richard Nixon is elected President. -
Sesame Street
Sesame Street premieres on PBS. -
Gold Standard
President Nixon take the U.S. off the gold standard. -
Watergate
A failed break in at the Watergate Office Building occurs. -
1972 Presidential Election
Richard Nixon is reelected president -
Watergate Hearings
The Senate Watergate Scandal hearings begin. -
Watergate Scandal
The House Judiciary Committee votes to impeach President Nixon. -
Ford Pardons Nixon
After Nixon resigned, Gerald Ford assumes office and pardons Nixon. -
Vietnam War Ends.
The Vietnam War ends with the fall of Saigon.