THE SIXTIES

A Time for Change Social Political World

Civil Rights Movement Began in 1954 Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education Separate is inherently unequal Started the Era of the 1960’s Began a massive movement for social change. 1st major action was the Montgomery Bus Boycott “Ended” with the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King JR in 1968 Although the movement has never ‘ended’ the massive movement of the 1960’s ended with Dr King’s death.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Elected 1960 Seen as American Royalty Brother Bobby appointed as Attorney General Married to Jackie Had major conflicts during his Presidency Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam Assassinated November 22, 1963

Becomes President after Kennedy is assassinated. Lyndon B Johnson Becomes President after Kennedy is assassinated. War on Poverty Great Society Vietnam

The New Left Became the Radical Movement of the 1960’s SDS Anti War Movement The Weathermen 1968 Convention

Conservative Movement Young Americans for Freedom Law and Order William F Buckley and the National Review

Riots and War Riots Watts Detroit Washington DC Vietnam War Continues