1 янв 1960 г. - John F. Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy is elected president of the U.S. Sit-ins spread to 11 cities in five southern states. Four African American students stage a sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina to protest “white only” serving policy. Hot Shoppers, Arlington, VA becomes the first national chain to desegregate. Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at a sit-in along with 80 other people. He is sent to a maximum security prison. Robert Kennedy, the Attorney General, appeals to the judge who releases him.
In Boynton v. Virginia the Supreme Court rules unconstitutional the segregation of bus terminals when it overturned a judgement convicting an African American from trespassing when he was in a restaurant in a bus terminal which was only for whites. It ruled that it violated the Interstate Commerce Act.

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