Vietnam and Civil Rights

French are defeated

May 4, 1954

French in Vietnam

Vietnam and Civil Rights

Period: May 4, 1954 to Apr 26, 1975

Brown v. BOE

May 17, 1954

Brown vs. BOE

Montgomery Bus Boycott begins

Dec 1, 1955

Boycott

Rosa Parks Refuses to give up bus seat

Dec 13, 1955

Rosa Parks Refusal

Supreme Court outlaws bus segregation

Nov 13, 1956

On This Day: Supreme Court Outlaws Bus Segregation

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Jul 28, 1957

Civil Rights Act

Segregation Crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas

Sep 21, 1957

Crisis

National Liberation Front forms in South Vietnam

Dec 7, 1960

National Liberation Front

Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.

Aug 28, 1963

Video- I have a dream speech

Civil Rights

Jul 1, 1964

1964 Civil Rights

North Vietnamese patrol boat fired a torpedo at an American destroyer

Aug 2, 1964

patrol boat attacks American destroyer

US enters Vietnam

Mar 15, 1965

Vietnam War

Race Riots in major cities

Apr 26, 1967

race riots

Thurgood Marshall becomes first African American justice of Supreme Court

Oct 2, 1967

Thurgood Marshall

Martin Luther King Jr.Assassinated

Apr 4, 1968

Assassination of Martin Luther King

US troops begin withdrawal from Vietnam

Apr 27, 1969

Communists Capture Saigan, South Vietnam Surrenders

Apr 27, 1975

Saigon capture