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Dien Bien Phu
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Brown v. Board of Education ruling is issued
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U.S. military aid and advisers are sent to South Vietnam
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Montgomery bus boycott begins in Alabama
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Rosa Parks arrested
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James Meredith
James Meredith tries to register at the University of Mississippi; riots break out in Kentucky -
Martin Luther King, Jr., leads protest in Birmingham, Alabama
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March on D.C. is held to support the Civil Rights bill
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed
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Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Malcom X assasinated
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U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam
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Voting Rights Act passes
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Tet Offensive begins
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Martin Luther King, Jr., is assasinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968 passed
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Anti-war protest on Chicago
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National Guard troops kill student protesters at Kent State
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Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam
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Saigon falls to North Vietnam invasion