Vietnam and Civil Rights By jazzem8 May 4, 1954 French are defeated French in Vietnam Period: May 4, 1954 to Apr 26, 1975 Vietnam and Civil Rights May 17, 1954 Brown v. BOE Brown vs. BOE Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott begins Boycott Dec 13, 1955 Rosa Parks Refuses to give up bus seat Rosa Parks Refusal Nov 13, 1956 Supreme Court outlaws bus segregation On This Day: Supreme Court Outlaws Bus Segregation Jul 28, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 Civil Rights Act Sep 21, 1957 Segregation Crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas Crisis Dec 7, 1960 National Liberation Front forms in South Vietnam National Liberation Front Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. Video- I have a dream speech Jul 1, 1964 Civil Rights 1964 Civil Rights Aug 2, 1964 North Vietnamese patrol boat fired a torpedo at an American destroyer patrol boat attacks American destroyer Mar 15, 1965 US enters Vietnam Vietnam War Apr 26, 1967 Race Riots in major cities race riots Oct 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall becomes first African American justice of Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr.Assassinated Assassination of Martin Luther King Apr 27, 1969 US troops begin withdrawal from Vietnam Apr 27, 1975 Communists Capture Saigan, South Vietnam Surrenders Saigon capture
