The New Frontier
This volunteer organization, created by JFK, sent Americans to assist developing nations in areas like education and health.
The Peace Corps
This program, established under LBJ, provides health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older
Medicare
This 1954 Supreme Court decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, ruling school segregation unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
The refusal of this seamstress to give up her bus seat led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
This landmark 1964 act outlawed segregation in all public accommodations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
In 1961, the failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro was known by this three-word name.
Bay of Pigs
LBJ officially declared a "War" on this major domestic economic problem.
Poverty
Nine Black students integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, with the aid of U.S. federal troops, under the order of this President.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He became the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 1962.
James Meredith
The Equal Pay Act, signed by JFK in 1963, required equal wages regardless of this characteristic.
Gender
The U.S. and the Soviet Union established this direct communication link after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Moscow-Washington Hotline
This early childhood education program, designed for disadvantaged preschoolers, was created as part of the War on Poverty.
Head Start
The four young Black students from Greensboro, North Carolina, pioneered this form of nonviolent protest at segregated lunch counters.
Sit-Ins
This activist was a leading voice for the Nation of Islam before adopting a more universal message and being assassinated in 1965.
Malcolm X
This 1965 act authorized the federal government to oversee voter registration and eliminated literacy tests.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
After his election, JFK increased funding for this type of soldier, enabling the policy of "Flexible Response."
Special Forces (Green Berets)
Robert C. Weaver, the first African American cabinet secretary, led this department created by LBJ in 1965.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
MLK Jr. was arrested and wrote his famous defense of the movement, the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," in this Alabama city.
Birmingham
This head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This 1968 act, passed after MLK Jr.'s assassination, prohibited discrimination in the sale and rental of housing.
This official commission, chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren, investigated the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy.
The Warren Commission
This 1965 Act abolished the old national origins quotas, significantly changing U.S. immigration policy.
In 1964, civil rights workers launched this voter registration effort in Mississippi.
Freedom Summer
He coined the phrase "Black Power" while serving as the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Stokely Carmichael
This Great Society act provided federal funds for books and materials to low-income schools.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)