1960s and public protests (Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam)

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  • Dien Bien Phu

    French defeat that influenced negotiations over the future of Indochina at Geneva
  • Brown Vs. Board of Eduction ruling is issued

    was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
  • US military aid and advisers sent to South Vietnam

    Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975
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    Montgomery bys boycott in Alabama

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system.
  • Civili Rights Act of 1957

    primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction.
  • Eisenhower sends troops to Little Rock to ensure integratino of a high school

    Troops were sent to little Rock to ensure that studenst would be integrated at the Little Rock High School
  • March on Washington DC to support the Civil Rights bill

    March was organized by a group of civil rights leaders, which included between 200-300 thousand people and also included Martin Luther King Jr's speech
  • Civil Rights Act Passes

    outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public
  • US troops arrive in Vietnam

    Troops are sent to south vietnam
  • Voting Rights act passes

    outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S.