John F. Kennedy assassinationLyndon B. JohnsonCongresspoliticsrace relationsWhen the Kennedy assassination occurred in November 1963, it was not clear that his civil rights bill would pass without major modific
The space race was a bitter competition that took place in the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. — John F. Kennedy 83 Today I will do something just for the fun of it. I will find something to do that's just for me and I won't worry about...
That was President John F. Kennedy. He did so in 1961, telling federal contractors to take "affirmative action to ensure that applicants are treated equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."17 The Bottom Line Though affirmative action continues to be a source ...
One of the most important events that occurred during the 1960’s was the presidential election between Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy. During this election, the Cold War between the Soviet Union and United States was the main focus. Also at this time there was a rise in the civil ...
1963 when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. I still remember the feeling of disbelief and the dread and fear in the pit of my 15 year-old stomach. Did the Russians do it, I wondered. It had been drummed into us that Russia was our enemy. They were the biggest danger we had to fac...
In 1968, Robert Kennedy — father of current independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — jumped in the race late, after President Lyndon Johnson announced in late March he wouldn't seek reelection. Kennedy was on track to win more delegates than anti-war candidate Sen. Eugene McCarthy whe...
The last major American Airlines crash occurred in November 2001 near John F. Kennedy International Airport. American Airlines Flight No. 587, an Airbus A300, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 265 people. It was bound for Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The plane crashed in the Be...
The Cold War started after World War II and ended in the early 1990s with the collapse of the Soviet Union. A global arms race between capitalist and communist superpowers defined the Cold War, which was the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union....
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy went before a joint session of Congress and made the following proposal: I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No...