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The defeat of French troops which led to the withdraw of France from Vietnam.
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On this day the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to segregate public school.s
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While on her way out from her job she caught a bus home. Rosa was told to move so a white man could sit down, but she would not get up.
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Dr. King gives a powerful speech in a meeting held between him and Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
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James Meredith was an air force veteran, he wanted to apply to the University of Mississippe but was denied because of his race. Finally on October first he was accepted.
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While at the University of Alabama he blocked two african americans from enrolling at the school until officials took him away.
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On this day Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
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He was executed through military operations after the American ambassador sided with the Vietnamese.
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President John F. Kennedy is assasinated in Dallas, Texas.
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This bill was passed easily with the help of President Johnson's office. This bill gave the government a lot of authority to end racism.
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Allowed the president to defend the United States from enemies and prevent further war.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed by both the senate and House of Representatives making segregation to not allow blacks to vote illegal.
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The Vietcong and North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive attacking American bases in South Vietnam.
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While the country is divided politically the president announces he will not accept a second term nomination.
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On this day as Martin Luther King was in a hotel in Memphis he was shot by a sniper and killed shocking the nation.
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The front runner for the democratic nomination, he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, who was an Arab nationalist.
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Nixon tells the public that 25,000 soldiers will be withdrawn form Vietnam, but increased air strikes.
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After President Nixon had just announced the invasion of American troops into Cambodia, citizens saw this as a spread of the war. At Kent State demonstrators were subdued by Ohio National Guard with tear gas and rifles without orders to do so.
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South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu gives into the Americans and signs a peace agreement with North Vietnam allowing them to keep troops stationed in South Vietnam.
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After the American troops were pulled out of Vietnam the peace agreement collapsed in two years. North Vietnam invaded and captured the southern Vietnam capital of Saigon.
