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Jackie Robinson
He enters the MLB. -
James Meredith
He joined Ole mis university as it was segregated being the first to be an afican sstudent admitted to the school. -
Battle Of Dein Bein Phu
The 1st indochina war between the frech unions french parties expeditionary corps and vietminh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. -
Brown vs. BOE
ended legal segregation in public schools. -
Emmit till Killed
An african american boy who was murdered in Missippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white women. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on the public bus. -
Montgomery Bus boycott
A political and social protest campaign against the racial segregation. -
SCLC founded
Southern Christian leadership conference was founded to be a civil rights organization. MLK jr. had a large role. -
North Vietnam incades Saigon
North Vietnamese victory against the South Vietnames in Saigon. -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights acuvists who rode interstate busses into the segregated suothern U.S. -
I have a dream speech
MLK jr. delivered a public speech to a group of afraican american refusing racial acts. -
Civil Rights Act
A land mark, piece of legislation in the US that outlawed decrimination -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
While performing a signals intelligens patrol as part of Desoto operations, engaged three torpedo boats of the Torpedo Squadron. -
Voting Acts of 1965
A land mark peice of federal of legislation in the US that prohibits descrimination in voting. -
The pentagon papers
The u.s. papers about the war were leaked by Ellsburg showing that we had no plans to ever leave the war. -
tet offensive
The Vietcong lauched a surprise attack on the united states that totally changed the war and the outcome. -
Massacre at My Lai
Mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in
south vietnam. -
LBJ announces that he will not seek reelection
He announced that he would not go for reelection in the following years after his presidency was over. -
MLK assassination
MLK was killed by a sinle shot that struck his face and his neck. -
operation rolling thunder
Basically to persuade Vietnam and not engage and also to help the south vietnamese have a better chance. -
Woodstock
The peace wanters(hippies) had a convention to end the war and to have world peace while playing music, doing drugs, and having veterans talk about the war and throw away their medals. -
U.S. signs agreement to end the war
Provided the end of the fighting and withdraw of American forces ending all air and naval actions agains North Vietnam -
Geneca Accords
It was designed to implement a ceasefire during the croation war of independence.
