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French Rule Battled
Before the war even erupted, the Vietnamese began battling the French Rule. -
French Surrender
The French surrender to the Vietnamese at Dien Bien Phie. -
Refusal Leads To Prison
Rosa Parks takes a stand for herself and every other African American in the U.S. and refuses to give her seat up for a white man. This starts the Bus Boycott. -
SCLC Created
The SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) is created with Martin Luther King Jr. as their leader. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine are escorted by the National Guard for their first day at an integrated school. -
Fidel Castro takes control
Fidel Castro comes in to power in Cuba after two years of guerrilla war. -
Supplied Weapons
Communist leaders in North Vietnam decide to supply Vietnam Rebels with weapons. -
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Time For Change
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Castro declares victory
Fidel Castro declares Cuba's victory against Fulgencio Batista. -
Students Start Sit-In
Four college students begin a sit-in after denied service because of their race. -
Trade Agreement Signed
Fidel Castro signs a trade agreement with the Soviet Union. -
Bombers Fail
Unmarked U.S. bombers flown from Nicaragua by cuban exiles, fail to destroy Cuba's air force. -
Human In Space
The Soviet Union launches their first human into space in just one orbit. The U.S. also achieved this goal a year later. -
13 leave D.C.
Thirteen vounteers left Washington D.C. heading for New Orleans to use the local bus stations to see how they would be treated. They recieved mild harassment and ten days after they got there, one bus was swormed by a mob of locals. -
U.S. Orbits Earth
John Glenn is the first U.S. american to orbit the Earth. Only a year after the Soviet Union. -
Poll Tax Banned
The 24th Amendment was created. It banned states from taxing citizens when voting and it made it to the Constitution on January 1964. -
Nuclear War Concidered
U.S. concider nuclear war because of the Cuban Missle Crisis. -
Photos Appear
The first pictures from U.S. U-2's flight over Cuba show missles they are in possession of. -
Sit-In's Arrested
Martin Luther King Jr. along with other members at a sit-in were arrested. After thrown in jail, that's when King wrote his famous, Letter from Birmingham Jail. -
March on Washington
A march on Washington was held to speak for the needs of jobs and freedom. It was the largest civil rights demonstration to be held. -
Ngo Dihn Diem Murdered
The South Vienamese plotters murder President Ngo Dihn Diem. -
Kennedy Shot
Riding in a convertible, with no protection, through Dallas, Texas, President Kennedy was shot and killed. -
Johnson Takes Control
Vice President Johnson was sworne into presidency only hours after the President's death. -
Johnson's First Day
Only his first day as President Johnson, he pushes Kennedy's anit-poverty plans ahead. -
40%
Vietcong is announced that they control 40% of South Vietnam. -
Goodman Gone
Andrew Goodman goes missing from the Freedom Summer Program after being put in jail with two other CORE workers. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law. It banned discrimination in public accomidations along with employment. -
Televised Attack
President Johnson presents on television that the USS Maddox was attacked by North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin. -
Resolution Approved
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution is approved by Congress. It allowed the President to "take all the nessessary measures to repel armed attack." -
Jack Arrested
Jack Weinberg was areested for taking donations for CORE. But for 32 hours, hundreds of students surrounded the police car, making them unable to leave. -
Students Arrested
Over six hundred officers arrest about 800 students that have been protesting on a local campus. -
Selma Campaign
The Selma Campaign was created to allow African Americans the right to vote along with the whites. -
Selma March
The Selma March begins, also called the Montgomery March. Activists make they're way along 600 blocks and 54 miles. -
March Continued
The Selma March that began on March 7th, not continues when Martin Luther King Jr. joins along with the other protestors. It only leads down the the base of the bridge, not crossing it. -
Signing Ceremony
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed and agreed upon a large majority of the court room. -
Carmichael In Charge
Stokley Carmichael was put in charge, new leader of the SNCC, taking John Lewis' place. -
James Merideth Shot
After starting the Mississippi Freedom March- from Memphis down to Jackson, James Merideth was shot in the back of the leg by Aubrey Norvell. -
March Against Fear
The March Against Fear began. It expressed the aggressive action from Stokley Carmichael. -
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was established in Oakland, California. -
43 in 6
In Detroit, Michigan, 43 lives were taken in only a six day riot. -
Tet
January 30th marks the Start of Tet (The Vietnamese New Year) -
Paris Meeting
Delegates from the United States and North Vietnam meet in Paris. -
Brown Berets
There were about 60 Brown Beret groups. But by 1972, they were disbanded because of several demonstrations that turned violent. -
Troops in Cambodia
President Nixon orders troops into Cambodia making the United States citizens even more upset. -
Kent. State University
A fire was set to an ROTC building during an Antiwar Demonstration at Kent. State University. -
Major Invasion
The North Vietnamese start a major invasion of South Vietnam, because the U.S. wanted all North Vietnamese troops out of South Vietnam. -
Sioux Killed
U.S. soldiers killed about 300 Sioux beforehand, but now, they are banned from activities on the reservation.
