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United States (379 US 241 1964): The U.S. Supreme Court rules that, in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, establishments providing public accommodations must refrain from racial discrimination. December 15 – The Washington Post publishes an article about James Hampton, who had built a glittering religious throne out of recycled ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. This article is about the year 1964. For other uses, see 1964 (disambiguation). 1964 January February March April May June July August September October November December Calendar year Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s ...
Meanwhile, Republicans were generally united on a hawkish and intense American nationalism, strong opposition to Communism, support for promoting democracy and human rights, and strong support for Israel. [3] Memories of the mid-late 1960s and early 1970s shaped the political landscape for the next half-century.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1964, less than a year following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who won the previous presidential election. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in a landslide victory. Johnson was the fourth and most recent vice ...
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The New York City school boycott, also known as Freedom Day, described by one American author as "the largest civil rights demonstration in the nation's history", [17] began and involved more than 460,000 African-American and Puerto Rican students and 3,500 teachers, who refused to show up at the city's public schools, as a protest against alleged de facto racial segregation.
The history of the United States from 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. It was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist United States and its allies politically opposed the Soviet Union and other communist states ; the Cold War had begun.