THE COLD WAR ABROAD, CIVIL RIGHTS LANDMARKS AT HOME
1. 1952
-------- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established; National Defense Education Act CIA-organized coup against Iranian government Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane Soviets launch Sputnik ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded; Civil Rights Act of 1957 Interstate Highway and Defense System Act; Eisenhower reelected Hernandez v. Texas; Brown v. Board of Education
2. 1953
-------- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established; National Defense Education Act CIA-organized coup against Iranian government Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane Soviets launch Sputnik ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded; Civil Rights Act of 1957 Interstate Highway and Defense System Act; Eisenhower reelected Hernandez v. Texas; Brown v. Board of Education
3. 1954
-------- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established; National Defense Education Act CIA-organized coup against Iranian government Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane Soviets launch Sputnik ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded; Civil Rights Act of 1957 Interstate Highway and Defense System Act; Eisenhower reelected Hernandez v. Texas; Brown v. Board of Education
4. 1955
-------- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established; National Defense Education Act CIA-organized coup against Iranian government Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane Soviets launch Sputnik ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded; Civil Rights Act of 1957 Interstate Highway and Defense System Act; Eisenhower reelected Hernandez v. Texas; Brown v. Board of Education
5. 1955- 1956
-------- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established; National Defense Education Act CIA-organized coup against Iranian government Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane Soviets launch Sputnik ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded; Civil Rights Act of 1957 Interstate Highway and Defense System Act; Eisenhower reelected Hernandez v. Texas; Brown v. Board of Education
6. 1956
-------- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established; National Defense Education Act CIA-organized coup against Iranian government Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane Soviets launch Sputnik ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded; Civil Rights Act of 1957 Interstate Highway and Defense System Act; Eisenhower reelected Hernandez v. Texas; Brown v. Board of Education
7. 1957
-------- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established; National Defense Education Act CIA-organized coup against Iranian government Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane Soviets launch Sputnik ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded; Civil Rights Act of 1957 Interstate Highway and Defense System Act; Eisenhower reelected Hernandez v. Texas; Brown v. Board of Education
8. 1958
-------- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established; National Defense Education Act CIA-organized coup against Iranian government Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane Soviets launch Sputnik ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded; Civil Rights Act of 1957 Interstate Highway and Defense System Act; Eisenhower reelected Hernandez v. Texas; Brown v. Board of Education
9. 1959
-------- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established; National Defense Education Act CIA-organized coup against Iranian government Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane Soviets launch Sputnik ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded; Civil Rights Act of 1957 Interstate Highway and Defense System Act; Eisenhower reelected Hernandez v. Texas; Brown v. Board of Education
10. 1960
-------- Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established; National Defense Education Act CIA-organized coup against Iranian government Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet in Geneva Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev Soviets shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane Soviets launch Sputnik ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded; Civil Rights Act of 1957 Interstate Highway and Defense System Act; Eisenhower reelected Hernandez v. Texas; Brown v. Board of Education