Mr. G's Civil Rights & Vietnam Timeline By cbreezybaybee May 1, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision orders the desegregation of public schools Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery bus boycott begins Bus Boycott Sep 1, 1957 School desegregation crisis occurs in Little Rock, Arkansas Jan 1, 1960 Nation Liberation Front forms in South Vietnam Nov 1, 1960 John F, Kennedy is elected President Aug 1, 1963 Rev. Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech Martin Luther Kings' "I Have a Dream" speech Nov 22, 1963 John Kennedy is assassinated John Kennedy Assassination Nov 26, 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President upon John Kennedys' assassination Jul 1, 1964 Congress passes Civil Rights Act Aug 7, 1964 Congress passes Tonkin Gulf Resolution giving the President military power in Vietnam Mar 8, 1965 First major United States combat units arrive in Vietnam Jan 1, 1967 Anti-war protests in the United States intensify Jan 1, 1968 Richard Nixon is elected President Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King is assassinated Martin Luther King rememberance video Dec 31, 1969 The United States begins to withdrawl from Vietnam Mar 30, 1972 The United States signs to cease fire with North Vietnam and Vietcong Dec 25, 1972 Nixon unleashes a "Christmas Bomb" on Vietnam Aug 9, 1974 Gerald Ford becomes President after Nixon Resigns
