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Civil Rights and Vietnam

By joester

  • Diem Biem Phu

    French were defeated by the NVA.

  • Brown v. The board of Education of Topeka Kansas

    Declared segregation of public schools unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white passenger, and the city police arrested her. This sparked the civil rights movement.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine black students were allowed to enter an all white high school, along with national guards for protection.

  • Kennedy Aids South Vietnam

    Kennedy ordered more aid for the South Vietnamese for the was with new equipment and personnel.

  • Arrival

    American troops first enter South Vietnam.

  • "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

    Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested in Birmingham Alabama, and writes a letter to the local priests.

  • Equal Pay Act

    Gave women equal pay among men counterparts.

  • "I Have a Dream"

    Martin Luther King Jr. gives his most famous speech at the LIncoln Memorial.

  • Gulf on Tonkin Resolution

    The resolution gave President Johnson the power to do anything in Southeast Asia.

  • Rolling Thunder

    President Johnson allows Operation Rolling Thunder, a bombing offensive, to stop North Vietnam.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Southern blacks are able to vote in a more convient matter.

  • Loving v. Virginia

    The Supreme Court ruled that interracial marriage is constitutional.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Signed by Johnson to keep discimination out of real esatate.

  • Withdrawing

    President Nixon meets with South Vietnam's president, nguyen Van Thieu. He announces that 25,000 soldiers will be withdrawn.

  • Cambodia

    South Vietnam attacks into Cambodia to chase after Vietcong militia.

  • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

    Supreme Court ruled busing was not to be segregated.

  • City of Hue

    North Vietcong militia advanced towards the City of Hue to gain a strategic placing in their offensive, but the city was well defended and the NVA were pushed back.

  • Cease Fire

    All warring nations that were involved in Vietnam and Southeast Asia signed a cease fire.

  • US Embassy Overunned

    Vietcong members blew holes in outer perimeter and ransacked the embassy.