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The United States influenced the rest of the world in all aspects of

everyday life not just economically, but also technology, politically,
militarily, socially, and culturally. The 1960 elections saw the rise of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy into the political arena. Martin Luther King Jr. and
the Civil Rights Movement was another huge part of American History.

Imagine once again, The South, Conservatives and The KKK having to
accept; The End of Segregation, outlawing Jim Crow laws and equal rights
for African Americans.

President Kennedy watched King's speech on TV and was very impressed.

The March was considered a "triumph of managed protest", and not one
arrest relating to the demonstration occurred. Afterwards, the March
leaders accepted an invitation to the White House to meet with Kennedy
and photos were taken. Kennedy felt that the March was a victory for him

as well and bolstered the chances for his civil rights bill. President

Kennedy did sign the bill and his proposals became part of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964.

Ultimately, just as President Abraham Lincoln, President John F.

Kennedy was assassinated and in 1968, Martin Luther King was planning
a national occupation of Washington, D.C., to be called the Poor People's
Campaign, when he was assassinated on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee.

With all the good President Lyndon Johnson had done for Civil Rights and

his struggle to end the racism and bigotry of the South and the KKK,
unfortunately, in the congressional elections of 1966, the Republicans

gained three seats in the Senate and 47 in the House, reinvigorating the

conservative coalition and making it more difficult for Johnson to pass

any additional Great Society legislation and sadly, at the end of a speech