Civil Rights Events

Event 1: Brown vs Board of Education: Court case that concluded with the court's decision that segregating public schools between blacks and whites is unconstitutional.

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Event 2: 1955-1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott: A protest towards racial segregation on the public transit system in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Event 3: 1957-1958 Little Rock School Crisis: A group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School were prevented from entering by Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas.

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Event 4: The sit ins and freedom rides of the early 1960s: During sit ins, civil rights activists would sit in white-only locations as an act of protest. Freedom rides were when civil rights activists rode on buses to test the Boynton vs. Virginia decision that ended segregation in interstate travel.

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Event 5: 1963 Civil Rights Protest in Birmingham: A movement organized by the SCLC led by MLK that used nonviolent actions that led the government to change the city's discrimination laws.

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Event 6: March on Washington: One of the largest political protest for human rights in U.S. history, led by MLK, that demanded civil rights for blacks.

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Cold War Showdown

JFK tells America of the naval blockade against Cuba.

 

 

 

 

Fidel Castro urges for a nuclear attack on America.

 

 

JFK signs a proclamation enacting U.S. arms quarantine against Cuba.

 

 

 

The CND protests the U.S. action over the Cuban missile crisis.

 

 

 

JFK reports that Cuban missile bases are being destroyed.

 

 

A Soviet ship removing an aircraft from Cuba after America requests their withdrawal.

 

 

 

The Americans follow the Soviets as they retreat from Cuba.

 

Events leading to 9-11 timeline

 

                                1980-The Soviets invade Afghanistan.                                   

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1987- Osama Bin Laden joins fighting; the Arabs force the Soviets out of Afghanistan. Osama is considered a hero.

 

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1990- Saudi Arabia accepts the U.S. protection instead of Bin Laden's Protection.

 

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February 1993- Ramzi Yousef lights the fuse on a bomb and rips a 7 story hole through the tower's core. Six people are killed.

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1996- Bin Laden returns to Afghanistan and writes a declaration of war against the U.S.

K.S.M. tells Bin Laden of the idea of crashing planes into the World Trade Center, and Bin Laden begins to plot "The Planes Operation."

 

 

 

1998- Bombing at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania after Bin Laden's declaration of war.

 

October 12, 2000- Blast in a U.S. ship caused by suicide bombers.

 

 

January 20,2001- George Bush is sworn in. he does not order retaliation.

 

 

 

September 6, 2001- A boy tells his teacher that within a week the World trade Center will not be standing. She ignores him.

 

 

September 11, 2001- The attack is launched on the World Trade Center.