HIST 2057 Chapter : Chapter 31 Outline
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Chapter 31 new frontiers: politics and social change in 1960. 1960 students in greensboro, nc, stage a sit-in to demand service at a whites- only lunch counter. Aug 1963 march on washington for jobs and freedom. November 1963 jfk assassinated in dallas, texas. 1964 congress passes the civil rights act. August 1964 congress passes the tonkin gulf resolution. 1965 malcolm x is assassinated by a rival group of black muslims. Jan 1968 viet cong stages the tet offensive. Summary: the sixties, nixon vs. kennedy, kennedy, youngest president. They wanted to test a deferral court ruling that had banned segregation on buses and trains and in train terminals. Violence followed, and president kennedy and his brother were not inspired by the courageous freedom riders. Finally under pressure from bobby kennedy, the federal interstate commerce. Commission (icc) ordered in september 1961 that all whites-only waiting areas in interstate transportation facilities be integrated.
