Events
Ghanian IndependenceAll African People's ConferenceSS Windrush Arrives in the United KingdomA Raisin In the Sun debuts on BroadwayNigerian IndependenceUnited States of America Ends Diplomatic ties With CubaCuban Revolution 1959'Bay of Pigs' Invasion of CubaCommonwealth Immigration Act of 1962Algerian IndependenceAssassination of President John F. KennedyMalcolm X AssassinatedLowndes County Freedom OrganizationBlack Panther Party for Self-Defense CreatedStokley Carmichael and Willie Ricks calls for "Black Power"March Against FearAnti-Vietnam War March on PentagonThe first American troops are sent to VietnamMartin Luther King Delivers Riverside Church SpeechStokely Carmichael Leaves SNCC for Black Panther PartyBiafran War BeginsTet OffensiveOrangeburg MassacreRobert F. Kennedy Joins Democratic Bid for PresidentMy Lai MassacreHoward Student ProtestsPresident Johnson Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election"I've Been to The Mountaintop" Speech Martin Luther KingAssassination of Martin Luther King Jr.Civil Rights Act of 1968 PassedEnoch Powell "Rivers of Blood" SpeechNational Black Theater EstablishedRobert Kennedy AssasinatedCommonwealth Immigrants Act of 1968Arthur Ashe Wins US OpenMiss America ProtestsFirst Miss Black America Crowned"American Revolution II" ReleasedCreation of Third World Women's AllianceMexico's Tlatelolco MassacreWalter Rodney Barred from Returning to JamaicaCreation of Black Women Organized for Action1968 Mexico City Olympics Black Power SaluteLyndon B Johnson Halts Bombing of VietnamRichard Nixon Elected President of the United States of AmericaShirley Chisolm Becomes First Black CongresswomanBrown University Black Student WalkoutRichard Nixon Orders Bombing of CambodiaMy Lai Massacre Made PublicFred Hampton AssassinatedHawaii Five-O PremieresNaxalite UprisingSoul Train Debut25,000 accused Naxalites arrestedFela Releases " Why Black Men Dey Suffer" and "Black Man's Cry"Vietnam War EndsPeriods
People's Republic of China Great Leap ForwardVietnam WarMemphis Sanitation Workers' StrikeMLK Assassination UprisingsFela Kuti Visits Ghana and Creates "Afrobeats"Columbia Student ProtestsParis Peace Accords NegotiationsPoor People Campaign"Free Huey" CampaignDemocratic National Convention ProtestsIllinois Black Panther Party Starts the Rainbow CoalitionRodney RiotsMexico City Olympic GamesFela Kuti Visits AmericaNaxalite Urban Guerilla Calcutta PhasePolitical Shift in Fela Kuti's Music and Artistry1968, The Year that Changed the World
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