President Encyclopedia 1969-1981

President Encyclopedia 1969-1981 — page 1
4 The 1970s The 1970s The 1960s had been an era of turmoil for the United States highlighted by violent events These events included the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963 increased U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam and the protests against the war and inner-city riots The violence continued with the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr in April 1968 and Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in June of that same year In August when the Democrats met in Chicago Illinois to choose their presidential nominee anti-war protesters gathered outside the convention hall Chicago’s mayor Richard Daley authorized the police to use force against the demonstrators It is easy to see why many Americans hoped that the election of Republican Richard Nixon in November 1968 would usher in a return to law and order Martin Luther King Jr Words to Know civil rights SIV-il rites The rights of citizens in relation to their government the right to vote is a civil right President and Mrs Kennedy rode in a convertible with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife on the day of Kennedy's assassination in 1963 Buzz Aldrin lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission walks on the moon on July 20 1969