1960 John F. Kennedy elected president.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) founded.
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) established.
1961 Freedom Rides.
1962 United Farm Workers (UFW) founded.
1963 President's Commission on the Status of Women issues report.
Equal Pay Act.
Baker v. Carr.
Abington School District v. Schempp.
March on Washington.
President Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president.
1964 Civil Rights Act.
Mississippi Freedom Summer Project.
1964–1966 Congress passes most of Johnson's Great Society domestic programs.
1965 Voting Rights Act.
1965–1968 Riots in major cities.
1966 Black Panther Party for Self-Defense founded.
Miranda v. Arizona.
National Organization for Women (NOW) founded.
1968 Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated.
American Indian Movement (AIM) founded.
Richard M. Nixon elected president.
1969 Stonewall riots.
1970 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established.
Clean Air Act.
Title IX.
1972 "Trail of Broken Treaties" caravan to Washington, D.C.
1973 Roe v. Wade.