1965 Headline News

Race riots break out for six days in the Watts district of South Centeral Los Angeles. The National Guard is called in to restore order.
Malcolm X is shot and killed in New York City.
The Voting Right Act expands the number of black voters.
The Viet Cong attacks a U.S. military compound in South Vietnam.
Medicare is established.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.


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