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Battle that marked the defeat of French forces in the First Indochina War.
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Stated that seperate schools for blacks and whites are unequal. Called for the. Said that such segregation violated the 14th Amendment.
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The Geneva Accords creates a cease-fire for the peaceful withdrawal of the French from Vietnam and provides a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel.
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South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam, with newly elected Ngo Dinh Diem as president.
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Rosa Parks sits on a seat reserved for whites on a Montgomery bus and refuses to leave.
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The idea of blacks and whites being seperate but equal, established by Plessy v. Fergussen, is ruled unconstitutional.
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Martin Luther King Jr. created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The SCLC set out to eliminate segregation and to encourage African Americans to regester to vote.
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Desegregation of Little Rock High School begins as nine African American students join a previously all white school. Eisenhower sends toops to protect the incoming students.
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Four African American freshmen at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical College staged a sit-in at a white-only lunch counter.
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The National Liberation Front (NLF), also called the Viet Cong, is established in South Vietnam.
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despite rulings outlawing segregation in interstate bus services, many buses in the South remained segregated. The Freedom Riders boarded several southbound buses and faced torment from angry white mobs.
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African American Airforce Veteran, James Meredith, was stopped by the govenor of Mississippi when he tried to register at the University of Mississippi
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Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested in Birmingham, Alabama for leading protests and is sent to jail.
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Martin Luther King Jr. deliers his "I have a dream" speech infront of over 200,000 people during the March on Washington.
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South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed during a coup.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave authorization for Lyndon B. Johnson to engage in in Southeast Asia
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A sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam begins called Operation Rolling Thunder begins.
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The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam.
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U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the town of Mai Lai.
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President Nixon announces that U.S. troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia. This news sparks nationwide protests, especially on college campuses.
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The last U.S. troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.