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Brown vs. Board of Education decision orders the desegregation of public schools
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School desegregation crisis occurs in Little Rock, Arkansas
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Nation Liberation Front forms in South Vietnam
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John F, Kennedy is elected President
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Rev. Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech
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Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President upon John Kennedys' assassination
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Congress passes Civil Rights Act
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Congress passes Tonkin Gulf Resolution giving the President military power in Vietnam
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First major United States combat units arrive in Vietnam
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Anti-war protests in the United States intensify
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Richard Nixon is elected President
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The United States begins to withdrawl from Vietnam
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The United States signs to cease fire with North Vietnam and Vietcong
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Nixon unleashes a "Christmas Bomb" on Vietnam
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Gerald Ford becomes President after Nixon Resigns