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The Cold War
"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind."
-President John F. Kennedy in his Address to the UN General Assembly (September 25, 1961)
DOMESTIC POLICY: CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
(1954 - 1968)
 CORE |  Jackie Robinson Steals Homebase 1950 |  Brown v. Board of Education Topeka |
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 The Murder of Emmett Till 1955 |  Pro-segregation protests Little Rock |  Cherrydale Drug Fair Sit-in 1960 |
 SNCC April 1960 |  CORE Freedom Ride 1961 |  Integration of Ole Miss 1962 |
 March on Washington MLK Jr. 1963 |  Civil Rights Act of 1964 MLKandNixon |  Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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