people from the 1960s

Fulgencio Batista

He was a pro-American dictator of Cuba before Castro. His overthrow led to Castro and communists taking over Cuba, who was now friendly to the Soviets.

Fidel Castro

Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)

Cesar Chavez

Farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist who helped form the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers.

Eugene "Bull" Connor

Birmingham police commissioner who arrested over 900 marching kids and directed the fire station to blast them with fire hoses and let police dogs loose on them.

Ngo Binh Diem

Leader of South Vietnam

Betty Friedan

American feminist, activist and writer. Best known for starting the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book "The Feminine Mystique".

Yuri Gagarin

First man in space

Barry Goldwater

Republican contender against LBJ for presidency; platform included lessening federal involvement, therefore opposing Civil Rights Act of 1964; lost by largest margin in history

Michael Harrington

Author who wrote The Other American. He alerted those in the mainstream to what he saw in the run-down and hidden communities of the country.

Hubert Humphrey

A prominent liberal senator from Minnesota dedicated to the promotion of civil rights, he served as Johnson's vice-president

Robert F. Kennedy

He ran for President in 1968; stirred a response from workers, African Americans, Hispanics, and younger Americans; would have captured Democratic nomination but was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan

Nikita Khrushchev

A Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also famous for denouncing Stalin and allowed criticism of Stalin within Russia.

Martin Luther King Jr.

U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

Henry Cabot Lodge

Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was a leader in the fight against participation in the League of Nations

James Meredith

civil rights advocate who spurred a riot at the University of Mississippi, caused by angry whites who did not want Meredith to register at the university. The result was forced government action, showing that segregation was no longer government policy.

William Miller

A self-educated farmer from New York. Convinced from his studies that Christ will return in 1843, from his studies of the Scriptures.

Ho Chi Minh

Communist leader of North Vietnam

Lee Harvy Oswald

american who killed Kennedy in Dallas Texas

James eral ray

killed MLK

Jack Ruby

Killed Lee Harvey Oswald

Alan Shepard

First American in space

Sirhan Sirhan

assassinated Robert Kennedy

Gloria Steinem

An American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement

Andy Warhol

illustrator and artist famous for his Campbell's soup painting. He was the founder of the pop-art movement,

Robert Weaver

First African American to serve in a cabinet; served as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Johnson

Malcom X

spread ideas of black nationalism. disagreed w/ both the tactics and goals of the early civil rights movement. minister of the nation of isam.