dates of events Flashcards
(28 cards)
1947
hollywood 10
1948
alger hiss case
august 1949
ussr explodes its first atom bomb
rosenburgs arrested
1950
alger hiss imprisoned
september 1950
McCarran Internal Security Act
1954
brown vs topeka
december 1955
rosa parks arrested
montgomery bus boycott begins
december 1956
montgomery bus boycott ends
1957
little rock high school
first civil rights act ( president eisenhower)
1960
greensboro sit-in
election of JFK
1961
freedom riders
1961-62
the albany movement
1962
voter education project
the merideth case
1963
equal pay act
march 1963
march on birmingham
28 august 1963
march on washington
MLK i have a dream speech
november 1963
assassination of JFK
1964
freedom summer
second civil rights act ( president johnson)
USA declares war on North Vietnam
1965
malcom x assassinated
march 1965
march on selma
1965
voting rights act
watts riots
1966
formation of black panther movement
april 1968
MLK assassinated
1968
black power protest at mexico olympics