And African Americans, bolstered by high court rulings and legislation enacted by Congress, raised ever-stronger voices in their bid for civil rights. In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first black to sit on the Supreme Court. Tenn. Also murdered in that turbulent decade were JFK's brother, Robert, and civil-rights activists Malcolm X and Medgar Evers. There were some good times, even in what seemed the worst of times. He would not be the last chief executive to face impeachment proceedings.
Life is one crisis after another.
Yet better times were ahead.