1954
U.S. Supreme Court decides in Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka that "separate" schools cannot be "equal."

1957
Soviet satellite "SPUTNIK" launched to begin "Space Race."

1958
Huntsville-built "Jupiter" rocket places American satellite in orbit around Earth.

1961
"Freedom Rides" through the Deep South challenge racial segregation on public carriers and spark into violence in Anniston, Birmingham, and Montgomery.

1961 .. 1973
America involved in Vietnam War.

1974
President Richard Nixon resigns from office to avoid impeachment proceedings.

 

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