History Timeline

  • 1896 BCE

    Plessy V Ferguson

    Plessy V Ferguson
    Is saying that racial segregation does not violate the U.S. Constitution
  • Bus Boycott

    Bus Boycott
    The Montgomery bus Boycott was a protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system In Alabama.
  • Ban The Bomb Protests

    Ban The Bomb Protests
    Anti- Nuclear Activists coordinate worldwide protests against nuclear weapons
  • USSR Tests Hydrogen Bomb

    The Soviet Union fires a 50-megaton hydrogen bomb.
  • Nixon loses Governors Race

    Nixon blames his California defeat on the media, saying, “you won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference”
  • Kennedy Assassinated

    President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed in Dallas, Texas
  • Democrats Hire Aid Agency

    Democrats hire a top-10 ad agency for the ‘64 campaign. Agency produces a number of hard-hitting spots, including the, “ Daisy Ad.”
  • Malcom X Assassinated

    Malcom X Assassinated
    The Nation of Islam leader is killed
  • Johnson Signs Medicare Bill

    Johnson Signs Medicare Bill
    The legislation establishes a health program for the elderly.
  • Black panther party Founded

    Bobby Seale and Huey Newton found the Black Panthers in Oakland, CA
  • Edward Brook Elected

    The republican from Massachusetts becomes the first African American senator in 85 years
  • SSFU student Strike

    Five month student strike begins at San Fransisco University
  • Shirley Chisholm Elected to Congress

    Shirley Chisholm becomes first African American women elected to Congress