Civil Rights and Vietnam by ryan gustavel

Civil Rights

May 3, 1954

Brown vs BOE decision orders the desegregation of public schools

Civil Rights

May 15, 1955

bus boycottMontgomery bus boycott begins

Civil Rights

Jun 29, 1956

Dwight D Eisenhower is reelected

Civil Rights

Aug 25, 1957

silent video School desegregation crisis occurs in little rock Arkansas

Civil rights and Vietnam

Apr 21, 1960

John F Kennedy elected president of the United States of America

Civil Rights

Jul 6, 1960

Four black college students begin sit-ins at the lunch counter of a Greensboro, North Carolina, restaurant where black patrons are not served

civil Rights and Vietnam

Nov 22, 1963

recreationJFK assassinated

Civil Rights

Jan 18, 1964

Congress passes Civil Rights Act

Civil Rigths and Vietnam

Jul 30, 1964

Lyndon B Johnson is elected presindent

Vietnam

Sep 19, 1965

first Major U.S cambat units arrive in Vietnam

Vietam

Nov 14, 1965

operation rolling thunder begins

Civil Rights

Mar 8, 1967

Race riots occur across the Untied States of America

Civil Rights and Vietnam

Aug 14, 1968

Richard M Nixion elected president of Untited States of America

Civil Rights

Dec 16, 1968

Martin Luther king Jr is assaasinated

Civil Rights

Mar 28, 1969

Buzz aldrinU.S astronauts walk on moon

Vietnam

Oct 23, 1969

Vietnam warU.S troops begin to withdrw from Vietnam

Civil Rights

Feb 12, 1970

interview of a Guard memberOhio national Guard kills four students at Kent State University

Civil Rights and Vietnam

Aug 21, 1972

Richard M Nixion is re elected

Vietnam

Jun 4, 1973

united States of America signs a document for cease-fire with North Vietnam and Vietcong

Civil Rights and Vietnam

Aug 2, 1974

Gerald R Ford becomes president after nixion resigns