Lyndon Baines Johnson15 February 1968
A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken up by highway patrolmen; 3 college students are killed
United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken up by highway patrolmen; 3 college students are killed
Students at Howard University signal a new era of militant student activism on college campuses in the US, students stage rallies, protests and a 5-day sit-in, laying siege to the administration building, shutting down the university
Civil Rights Bill, signs a bill for open housing
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