Civil Rights and The Vietnam War By vikki16 May 1, 1954 Brown vs Board of Education decision orders desgregation of all schools. Brown vs BOE video Period: May 1, 1954 to Nov 1, 1974 Civil Rights and The Vietnam War Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Sep 1, 1957 School desegregation crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas Feb 1, 1960 Four Black Students stage Sit-in at Woolworth Lunch counter in Greensboro, NC Sit-in at Woolworths Aug 1, 1960 The National Liberation Frnt forms in South Vietnam Nov 1, 1960 JFK elected President Aug 1, 1963 March on Washington Nov 1, 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson elected President Lyndon B. Johnson President May 1, 1964 Congress passes Tinkin Gulf Resolution Jul 1, 1964 Congress passes Civil Rights Act May 1, 1965 1st major US combat troops arrive in Vietnam Jul 1, 1967 Anti-War Protest in US Jan 1, 1968 Richard Nixon becomes President Nixon inaguration speech Apr 1, 1968 MLK Assassinated Jun 1, 1969 US Troops begin withdrawl from Vietnam US Troops leave Vietnam Mar 24, 1972 Nixon unleashes "Christmas Bomb" on Vietnam effects of christmas bomb after 20 yrs Oct 1, 1973 US signs cease-fire with Vietnam Nov 1, 1974 Ford becomes President when Nixon resigns
