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Brown vs Board of Education decision orders desgregation of all schools.
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Civil Rights and The Vietnam War
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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School desegregation crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas
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Four Black Students stage Sit-in at Woolworth Lunch counter in Greensboro, NC
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The National Liberation Frnt forms in South Vietnam
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JFK elected President
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March on Washington
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Lyndon B. Johnson elected President
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Congress passes Tinkin Gulf Resolution
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Congress passes Civil Rights Act
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1st major US combat troops arrive in Vietnam
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Anti-War Protest in US
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Richard Nixon becomes President
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MLK Assassinated
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US Troops begin withdrawl from Vietnam
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US signs cease-fire with Vietnam
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Ford becomes President when Nixon resigns
