the secret life of bees by sue monk kidd
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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. A history timeline HP English 10 Johnson & Skinner. September 1963. September 15-KKK bombed the 16 th Street Baptist church killing 4 girls. November 1963. November 22-President Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
November 1963
• November 22-President Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
• Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president.
February 1964
• February 9—The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
June 1964
• June 21—three civil rights workers are murdered in Mississippi by segregationist law enforcement officials (bodies are not found until August)
July 1964
• July 2—Civil Rights Act bans discrimination based on color, race, nationality, religion, or sex.
August 1964
• August 5—Gulf of Tonkin incident leads to the use of US ground troops in Vietnam in 1965.
August 1964
• August 24-27—Democratic National Convention nominates LBJ as its presidential candidate and Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota as his vice-presidential running mate.
August 1964
• August 28-30—Philadelphia race riots were one of many race riots that year
Photo shows Harlem riot in 1964
October 1964
• October 14—MLK, Jr. receives Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent support of equal rights.
• He accepts the award in Oslo, Norway that December.
Summer 1965
• Voting Rights Act passes
• No more “tests” are required to vote
Newly registered voter in Selma, Alabama, in August 1965.
April 1968
• April 4, 1968—MLK, Jr. is assassinated
Bobby Kennedy’s reaction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E3-_z5YP0M
Photo sources• Slide #2 archives.lib.cua.edu• Slide #3 sciencenotes.files.wordpress.com• Slide #4 curtsheller.com/• Slide #5 anthonyflood.com/• Slide #6 ovimagazine.com/images/kkk/• Slide #7 sdgln.com/files/• Slide #8 jpl.nana.gov• Slide #9 history.navy.mil/• Slide #10 nixonfoundation.org/• Slide #11 glogstar.com/; nycbw.com• Slide #12 blog.syracuse.com• Slide #13 hotlaborlibrary.org/; media.photobucket.com• Slide #14 spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAvoting65.jpg;
photos.state.gov/libraries/amgov/• Slide #15 3rdeyedrops.files.wordpress.com/; thestartingfive.net• Slide #16 xenohistorian.faithweb.com/