A Biography of America
The Sixties – Key Events
1954
Brown v. Board of Education declares segregation unconstitutional
1955
Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
1957
Little Rock desegregation crisis
1960
Greensboro sit-in
SNCC founded
1961
Freedom Rides
Bay of Pigs
1962
First U.S. manned orbit of the Earth
Silent Spring published
Cuban Missile Crisis
1963
The Feminine Mystique published
Birmingham protests
Civil Rights March on Washington
John F. Kennedy assassinated
1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Free Speech Movement begins
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
1965
Malcolm X assassinated
1966
National Organization for Women founded
1968
Martin Luther King assassinated
Robert Kennedy assassinated
1969
Stonewall riots
1970
Cambodia bombings
First Earth Day
1973
Watergate hearings
Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion
1974
Nixon resigns