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jackie robinson
jackie robinson played first base for the brooklyn dodgers -
Period: to
french defeated at dien bien phu
engagemnet in the first indochina war -
Period: to
geneva records
was designed to secure peace in vietnam -
brown vs BOE
warran courts decided separste schools were unequal -
Period: to
montgomery bus boycott
african americans refused to take the bus -
emmet till
african amercan oy from missisippi murdered -
rosa parks
refused to get out of her bus seat for a white guy -
SCLC
founded dor nonviuolt protests in the south -
freedom riders
civil rights activsts rode interstate buses into sergregated southrn states -
james meredith university
first african to go to white boy college -
i have a dream
MLK JR gave an important speech -
Period: to
operation rolling thunder
name given to americas sutained bombing campaiugn -
voing rights act of 1965
gave minorities the rights to vote -
dead peoplpe
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civil rights act of 1967
outlawed discrimiation based on race -
Period: to
tet offensive
one of the largest military campaigns -
massascre at my lai
americans soldiers brutally killed in the majoirty of the population of my lai -
lbj announces that he will not seek re-election
LBJ doesnt want reelection -
MLK JR assassination
MLK JR was assassinated in tennessee -
pentagon papers released
papers that contain a history of the us role in indochina -
gulf of tonkin inciudent
gave board congressional approval for expansion ofthe vietnam war -
Period: to
woodstock
pop culture music event of the new decasde -
woodstock
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us signs agreement to end war
secret poesace agreement -
north vietrnam invades saigon
saigon fell to north vietnam
