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The Sixties

Events, People, and Terms of the Sixties

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Martin Luther KingLeading figure in the Civil Rights movement
Black PanthersBlack organization from Oakland who stockpiled weapons to get equal rights
Little RockSite of nine black students who attended all white High School
John F. KennedyWon the 1960 Presidential election
Lyndon JohnsonTook over when Kennedy was assassinated
Lee Harvey OswaldKilled JFK
Sirhan SirhanKilled Bobby Kennedy
James Earl RayKilled Martin Luther Dream
I have a DreamFamous speech by MLK.
WoodstockFamous rock concert which symbolized the sixties
HippiesName given to young people who rebelled against society in the sixties
Cuban Missle CrisisU.S. and Russia almost go to war over nuclear missles in Cuba
Fiedel CastroLeader of Cuba
Nikita KrushchevLeader of Soviet Union during sixties
Cold WarTime of tension between countries during peacetime.
BirminghamSite of famous civil rights march to protest discrimination
SelmaSite of famous Civil Rights march to protest unfair voting practices
DovesPeople against war
HawksPeople for war.
GuerellaType of warfare used by Viet Cong
WestmorelandLeader of U.S. troops in Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin resolutionAct which got us into the Vietnam War.
Viet CongWho the U.S. was fighting in the Vietnam war.
Brown vs Board of EducationFamous courtcase which allowed desegregation of schools.


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