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Dien Bien Phu
Vietmihn forces overpowered the French at the town of Dien Bien phu -
Brown v. Board of Education
The supreme court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks
Mongomery, Alabama seamstress Rosa Parks refused to take the backseat of the buss for a white person to sit in her place near the front. -
Mongomery Bus Boytcott
MLK jr. organized and lead a boycott of the public transportation system in Montgomery, Alabama. This is the same city Rosa Parks was arrested in for refusing to give up her seat for a white person. -
Little Rock Crisis
Soldiers of the 101st Airborn division blocked black students from integrating in Little Rock Central Highschool -
Sit In
4 black students were refused service at a coffee shop and sat at the booths and would not leave until it closed as an act of protest and defiance of segregation. -
Freedom Riders
The freedom riders, mostly college students, opposing segregation on public transportation rode busses from state to state -
James Meredith
Meredith tried to transfer schools but was refused because he was black only. -
Wallace Defies Kennedy
Alabama governor, stood at the entrance to the Univesity of Alabama to block black students from registering. -
March on Washington
MLK jr. and more than 200,000 people marched on Washington to protest segregation and civil rights -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Congress passed the bill to give full government power over racial discrimination laws and policies -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Senate and House pass presidents authority to take "necessary" measurements to repel armed attacks in Vietnam. -
Bombing Campaign
LBJ starts a bombing campaign agaisnt North Vietnam -
National Teach In
122 colleges across America held anti-war protests -
Tet Offensive
Guerilla forces attacked many US bases on the Chinese new year, wh8ile American forces thought there would be a time of peace. -
Kent State Massacre
4 students were killed and eight were injured when National Gaurd troops opened fire on protesters at Kent State university -
Withdrawal
Nixon announced the withdrawal of 25,000 troops from Vietnam- -
Secret Talks Start
Henry Kissinger representing the United States started a series of secret meeting with the North Vietnamese leaders to come to a peaceful end of the war -
Peace Talks End (temporary)
Henry Kissinger and the North Vietnamese representatives and leaders could not come to a mutual agreement and talks were ended by the North. -
Agreement Signed
The US and North Vietnamese forces signed an agreement to stop the fightng and restore the country to a normal state of peacefull functioning.