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THE EARLY 1960’s: Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon,
Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, Great Society,Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Castro, Hippies, and more…
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KENNEDY-NIXON DEBATES
IN 1960
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DO I LOOK LIKE I NEED A SHAVE?
RICHARD NIXON: IKE’S VICE PRESIDENT
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JOHN KENNEDY: SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS
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DUDE!! NIXON NEEDS A SHAVE!!
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KENNEDY WON BY 100,000 VOTES. IN HIS INAGURAL
ADDRESS HE SAID “ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY!”
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CAMELOT
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FIDEL CASTRO OF CUBA MEETS WITH NIKITA KHRUSHEV OF THE SOVIET UNION
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Fidel Castro: Cuban revolutionary who overthrows the American backed Batista regime and makes Cuba communist.
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Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.
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worked closely with the
Dictator and former President of Cuba Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar who worked closely with the Mafia in Cuba
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MEYER LANSKY HEAD OF THE MAFIA IN CUBA
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LANSKY’S RIVERA CASINO AND HOTEL
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Santo Trafficante OTHER MOB CASINOS
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PREPARING FOR THE BAY OF PIGS
INVASION
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CAPTURED CUBANS AT THE BAY OF PIGS
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Secretary of State Adlai Stevenson shows U.N. Cuba photos
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KENNEDY’S CABINET MEETS
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U.S. ship intercepting a missile-carrying
Soviet ship during the Cuban missile crisis, 1962.
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13 DAYS IN OCTOBER FILM
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THE SOVIETS AGREED TO REMOVE THE MISSILES FROM CUBA IF WE REMOVED OURS FROM TURKEY.
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KENNEDY AND SOVIET PREMIER NIKITA KRUSHCHEV
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AFTER THE MISSILE CRISIS A DIRECT PHONE OR HOTLINE WAS CONNECTED BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW
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SOMEONE FOLLOWS THE PRESIDENT AT ALL TIME CARRYING THE NUCLEAR ATTACK CODES IN A BRIEFCASE.
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GREEN BERET: SPECIAL FORCES
PEACE CORP GREEN BERET: SPECIAL FORCES
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BERLIN WALL CONSTRUCTED IN 1963
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The Berlin Wall separated free Berlin from communist
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT STARTED IN 1962 WHEN RACHEL CARSON PUBLISHED “SILENT SPRING” ABOUT PESTICIDES SUCH AS DDT KILLING BIRDS.
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THE KENNEDYS AND TEXAS GOVERNOR CONNOLLY AND HIS WIFE IN THE MOTORCADE IN DALLAS…NOVEMBER 22, 1963
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ZAPRUDER FILM: 1st SHOT HITS KENNEDY IN THROAT AND TEXAS GOVERNER CONOLLY IN THE CHEST AND THEN WRIST.
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ZAPRUDER FILM: MOMENT OF THIRD SHOT HITTING KENNEDY IN THE HEAD.
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ZAPRUDER FILM: JACKIE FREAKS OUT WHEN SEES DAMAGE TO KENNEDY’S HEAD
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ABRAHAM ZAPRUDER FILM http://www.jfkmurdersolved.com/zapruder.htm
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JOHN-JOHN AT FUNERAL
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DEALEY PLAZA IN DALLAS…SITE OF THE SHOOTING…WITH THE TEXAS SCHOOLBOOK DEPOSITORY IN THE BACKGROUND.
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OSWALD HERE
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OSWALD SUPPOSEDLY SHOT KENNEDY FROM THIS WINDOW IN THE TEXAS SCHOOLBOOK DEPOSITORY
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THE INFAMOUS GRASSY KNOLL WHERE THERE WAS SUPPOSEDLY A SECOND SHOOTER
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Oswald’s Mannlicher-Carcano Rifle.
MAGIC BULLET
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LEE HARVEY OSWALD
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JACK RUBY: KILLED OSWALD
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OSWALD’S FUNERAL AND HIS WIFE MARINA, BROTHER ROBERT,
MOTHER MARGUERITE, AND HIS TWO CHILDREN JUNE AND RACHAEL. THE OTHER DUDE IS A MINISTER.
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VICE- PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ) IS SWORN IN ON AIR FORCE ONE AS THE NEW PRESIDENT
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The WAR ON POVERTY created a series of bills and acts, including programs such as Head Start, food stamps, work study, Medicare and Medicaid, which still exist today. The programs initiated under Johnson brought about real results, reducing rates of poverty and improved living standards for America's poor.
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MANY FACES OF PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON 1963-1968
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JOHNSON AND HIS WIFE “LADY BIRD”. HER REAL NAME WAS CLAUDIA.
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JOHNSON SIGNS INTO LAW THE WAR ON POVERTY LEGISLATION.
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Johnson’s political programs to help the country were known by the title “Great Society”
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HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation were launched during this period. MEDICARE MEDICAID HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
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JOB CORP
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HEAD START
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JOHNSON SIGNS INTO LAW THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 It prohibited discrimination in public facilities, in government, and in employment, eliminating Jim Crow laws in the southern U.S.
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VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as poll taxes and literacy tests that had been prevented African Americans from voting.in the United States.
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LARGE PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS WERE BUILT
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THE SUPREME COURT IN THE SIXTIES EXPANDED
THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF PEOPLE THE WARREN SUPREME COURT
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FAMOUS WARREN COURT CASES
Racial segregation: Brown v. Board of Educatio Criminal procedure: Mapp v. Ohio, Miranda v. Arizona, Escobedo v. Illinois, Gideon v. Wainwright Free speech: Tinker v. Des Moines School District Establishment Clause: Engel v. Vitale CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN
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1967 NEWARK RIOT
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NEWARK
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LOS ANGELES, 1965 WATTS RIOTS
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DETROIT RIOTS OF 1967
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DETROIT RIOTS
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1968 KING ASSASSINATION
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ASSASSINATION OF BOBBY KENNEDY IN 1968
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VIETNAM WAR PROTESTS
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKLEY DEMONSTRATION
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THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT STARTED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA KNOWN AS H HAIGHT-ASHBURY
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THE SUMMER OF 1967 WAS CALLED THE SUMMER OF LOVE…THE HEIGHT OF THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT
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THE FANCY NAME FOR THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT IS “COUNTER CULTURE”
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In Haight-Ashbury, hippies favored long hair, tie-dyed clothing and slogans such as "Make love, not war" and "Turn on, tune in and drop out."
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