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Vietminh forces surrounded Dien Bien Phu and began bombarding French, soon after the French forces fell to the Vietnimh.
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Ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional and violated the 14th amendment.
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This is where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out to people to continue their protest.
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A civil rights organiztion that students started instead of joining NAACP.
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This court case ruled that Alabama's law requiring segregation on buses unconstitutional.
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Four African American college students liked the idea of civil rights. So they bought school supplies and sat at the lunch bar, which was white only.
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In May the Freedom Riders began riding on white buses. Later on May 4, an angry white mob attacked them.
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This is when James Meredith was trying to be the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
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This is when James was enrolled as the first African American at the University of Mississippi.
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George Wallace stood in front of University of Alabama's admission office and stopped two African Americans from enrolling.
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James Meredith was the first African American to graduat at UofM.
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Henry defeated Diem's and he was soon executed.
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President Kennedy was assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson became president
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President Johnson signed the Cicil Rights Act of 1964
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President Johnson announced that North Vietnamese had fired torpedos fired upon two American destroyersin the Golf of Tonkin.
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This gave permission to repel and take any measure against armed attacks against the U.S.
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This is the date that Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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African Americans gained the right to vote.
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In Memphis outside of his hotel room MLK was sniped down.
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In 1973 the U.S. began to leave Vietnam because of the failure of trying to begin a deomcratic society. Another reason was because of not having any support back home.
