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1968: A Year In Review Timeline
Created by
msb
⟶ Updated 8 months ago ⟶
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gigi koster
love the orginization
8 months ago
Events
Ghanian Independence
All African People's Conference
SS Windrush Arrives in the United Kingdom
A Raisin In the Sun debuts on Broadway
Nigerian Independence
United States of America Ends Diplomatic ties With Cuba
Cuban Revolution 1959
'Bay of Pigs' Invasion of Cuba
Commonwealth Immigration Act of 1962
Algerian Independence
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Malcolm X Assassinated
Lowndes County Freedom Organization
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense Created
Stokley Carmichael and Willie Ricks calls for "Black Power"
March Against Fear
Anti-Vietnam War March on Pentagon
The first American troops are sent to Vietnam
Martin Luther King Delivers Riverside Church Speech
Stokely Carmichael Leaves SNCC for Black Panther Party
Biafran War Begins
Tet Offensive
Orangeburg Massacre
Robert F. Kennedy Joins Democratic Bid for President
My Lai Massacre
Howard Student Protests
President Johnson Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election
"I've Been to The Mountaintop" Speech Martin Luther King
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Act of 1968 Passed
Enoch Powell "Rivers of Blood" Speech
National Black Theater Established
Robert Kennedy Assasinated
Commonwealth Immigrants Act of 1968
Arthur Ashe Wins US Open
Miss America Protests
First Miss Black America Crowned
"American Revolution II" Released
Creation of Third World Women's Alliance
Mexico's Tlatelolco Massacre
Walter Rodney Barred from Returning to Jamaica
Creation of Black Women Organized for Action
1968 Mexico City Olympics Black Power Salute
Lyndon B Johnson Halts Bombing of Vietnam
Richard Nixon Elected President of the United States of America
Shirley Chisolm Becomes First Black Congresswoman
Brown University Black Student Walkout
Richard Nixon Orders Bombing of Cambodia
My Lai Massacre Made Public
Fred Hampton Assassinated
Hawaii Five-O Premieres
Naxalite Uprising
Soul Train Debut
25,000 accused Naxalites arrested
Fela Releases " Why Black Men Dey Suffer" and "Black Man's Cry"
Vietnam War Ends
Periods
People's Republic of China Great Leap Forward
Vietnam War
Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike
MLK Assassination Uprisings
Fela Kuti Visits Ghana and Creates "Afrobeats"
Columbia Student Protests
Paris Peace Accords Negotiations
Poor People Campaign
"Free Huey" Campaign
Democratic National Convention Protests
Illinois Black Panther Party Starts the Rainbow Coalition
Rodney Riots
Mexico City Olympic Games
Fela Kuti Visits America
Naxalite Urban Guerilla Calcutta Phase
Political Shift in Fela Kuti's Music and Artistry
1968, The Year that Changed the World
