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Chapter 26

The 1960s


Apollo 8's Christmas Eve 1968 Message
Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts--Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders--held a live broadcast from lunar orbit, in which they showed pictures of the Earth and moon as seen from their spacecraft. They ended the broadcast with the crew taking turns reading from the book of Genesis.

Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk - Original NASA EVA Mission Video - Walking on the Moon
The moon landing at 50: Neil Armstrong in his own words - from 60 Minutes
Original Mission Video as aired in July 1969 depicting the Apollo 11 astronauts conducting several tasks during extravehicular activity (EVA) operations on the surface of the moon. The EVA lasted approximately 2.5 hours with all scientific activities being completed satisfactorily. The Apollo 11 (EVA) began at 10:39:33 p.m. EDT on July 20, 1969 when Astronaut Neil Armstrong emerged from the spacecraft first.
In a 2005 interview, former astronaut Neil Armstrong discussed how it felt to walk on the moon, and why he shunned the fame that came from it.

Dave Stotts: Where Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy Began | Drive Thru History
Jan 18, 2021

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott | Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts
Premiered Jan 10, 2022
Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.

The Selma to Montgomery Marches | Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts
Jan 17, 2022
On March 7, 1965, hundreds of people gathered in Selma, Alabama to march to the capital city of Montgomery. They marched to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote — even in the face of a segregationist system that wanted to make it impossible.







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