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French defeat that influenced negotiations over the future of Indochina at Geneva
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was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
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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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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.
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primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction.
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Troops were sent to little Rock to ensure that studenst would be integrated at the Little Rock High School
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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
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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
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Troops are sent to south vietnam
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outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S.