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The Vietnamese defeated the French and gained independence. -
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled separate but not equal and overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson case. -
The Geneva Accords created a ceasefire as French troops withdrew from Vietnam. -
After Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, African-americans began boycotting buses. -
Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. -
The Montgomery Bus System desegregates. -
US National Guard deployed to escort 9 African-American students to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. -
Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, David Richmond and Franklin McCain sat down at a Woolworth restaurant to protest against racism. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote about social injustices and racism in prison after being arrested for protesting. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a famous speech on freedom and equality near the Lincoln Memorial. -
Vietnamese generals overthrew Diem and executed him shortly thereafter. -
Discrimination is illegal and gives the federal government the power to prevent racial segregation. -
The North Vietnamese fired torpedoes at two American destroyers. -
The Senate and House of Representatives passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing the president to act against North Vietnamese attacks. -
Congress passed the Voting Rights Act allowing African Americans to vote. -
President Johnson spoke in public about divisions at home due to the war and even within political parties. -
The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launch a massive surprise attack on the United States. -
President Nixon withdraws 25,000 troops from Vietnam. -
The Ohio National Guard opened fire on students protesting the war, killing four students. -
South Vietnamese President Thieu refused to accept any plans for North Vietnamese troops to enter the south. -
South Vietnam accepted and signed a peace treaty with North Vietnam, ending the war. -
The North Vietnamese infiltrated the US Embassy in Vietnam; The United States withdrew from Vietnam.