Unit 9 Timeline by Westley Armbrust

Thurgood Marshall Born July 8th 1908

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He was a civil rights lawyer who used the courts to fight Jim Crow and dismantle segregation in the U.S. He was the nation's first Black United States Supreme Court Justice.

Malcom X born May 19th 1929

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He fought for civil rights and was more known for his so-called "Violent" ways. He fought for African American to take control and live free.

Cesar Chaves born March 31st 1927

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Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers labor union.

Martin Luther King Jr. born January 15th 1929

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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Christian minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He gave his famous I have a Dream Speech.

Bill Clinton born August 19th 1946

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William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992.

Brown V Board December 9th 1952 - May 17th 1954

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.

OPEC founded September 14th 1960

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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq, with the signing of an agreement in September 1960 by five countries namely Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. They were to become the Founder Members of the Organization.OPEC's goal was to unify petroleum policies among Member Countries, in order to secure fair and stable prices for petroleum producers.

Woodstock 1969

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Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 40 miles southwest of the town of Woodstock. Almost 500,000 people showed up. Half the artists didn't want to perform so they just didn't show up and anyone who wanted to play got thrown on stage they were flying in people by helicopter.

The Iran hostage crisis on November 4th 1979

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The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States. Fifty-three American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took them as hostages. The hostages were held for 444 days, from November 4, 1979 to their release on January 20, 1981. The crisis is considered a pivotal episode in the history of Iran–United States relations.

Persian Gulf War August 2nd 1990 – February 28th 1991

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The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991 and Operation Desert Storm, which began with the aerial bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January 1991 and came to a close with the American led liberation of Kuwait on February 28th 1991.