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Events (19)
- August 29, 1957: Congress Passes Civil Rights Act 1957-08-29
- February 4, 1964: 24th Amendment Outlaws Poll Taxes 1964-02-04
- July 2, 1964: Congress Outlaws Discrimination Based on Race, National Origin, Religion, or Gender, Implements ‘Affirmative Action’ Practice 1964-07-02
- March 7, 1965: Police Attack, Beat Protesters in March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama 1965-03-07
- August 6, 1965: Voting Rights Act Bans Racial, Ethnic Discrimination in Elections 1965-08-06
- 10:30am March 12, 1966: US Official Says Coup in Ghana ‘Fortuitous Windfall’ 1966-03-12
- October 21, 1968: Office of Emergency Planning Is Renamed Office of Emergency Preparedness 1968-10-21
- January 15, 1969: Defense Department Produces Classified Study Proving Decades of Deception Surrounding Vietnam 1969-01-15
- May 14, 1969: Fortas Resigns from Supreme Court Due to ‘Ugly Bluff’ by Nixon Justice Department 1969-05-14
- June 23, 1969: Burger Becomes Chief Justice 1969-06-23
- June 17, 1971: Nixon Considers Ways of Using ‘Pentagon Papers’ For His Own Purposes 1971-06-17
- June 17, 1972: Nixon Suggests ‘Blow[ing]’ Think Tank Safe for Blackmail Purposes 1972-06-17
- March 18, 2003: Bush Sends Formal Determination of Iraqi WMDs to Congress, but Determination Is Later Criticized as Inadequate 2003-03-18
- May 20-22, 2010: Conservative Commentator Says Portion of Civil Rights Act Should be Repealed, Says Businesses Should Have Right to Practice Discrimination 2010-05-20
- May 25, 2010: Fox News Host Repudiates Conservative Columnist’s Call for Repeal of Portion of Civil Rights Act 2010-05-25
- February 1971: Nixon Has Taping System Installed in White House
- 1965: Neoconservative Political Movement Begins
- 1967: US President: US Is an ‘Elephant,’ Greece and Cyprus Are ‘Fleas’ that ‘May Just Get Whacked’
- 1969-1973: US Bombs Laos to Counter Left-Leaning Group and North Vietnamese Fighters