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The ruling in this case led to the integration of White and African-American children in public schools.
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This French defeat led to the end of French influence in Indochina and Vietnamese independence.
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The boycott was intended to oppose the city's practice of racial segregation.
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This legislation was primarily a voting rights bill.
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The Little Rock Nine were enrolled into a Little Rock high school with the aid of the National Guard.
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The march is credited with assisting the passing of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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A major piece of legislation that banned the use of major forms of discrimination. With the Civil Rights Act came the end of segregation in the United States.
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North Vietnamese torpedo boats had fired on two American destroyers. These actions led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
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The Senate and the House passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in order to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.
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Malcolm X was assassinated. He is now known to be one of the most influential African-Americans in the history of the United States.
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During May of 1965, one-hundred twenty-two colleges hosted a "national teach-in" by radio for thousands of anti-war demonstrators.
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This piece of legislation is credited for the outlawed discriminatory voting practices in the UNited States.
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The Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver.
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The Vietcong and the North Vietnamese launched a large suprise attack on South Vietnam.
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Johnson stunned his American audience by announcing that would not accept a second nomination to represent the Democratic party.
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Martin Luther King Jr. a leader for equal rights, was assassinated.
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This act modified previous acts and ensured that payments ffor housing would not be discriminatory.
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Robert Kennedy, who appeared to be the leader to gain the Democratic nomination, was killed by an Arab nationalist on June 5, 1968.
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25,000 troops are taken out of Vietnam, but Nixon assures that there will still be a strong American presence in Vietnam.
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U.S. forces began operating against the Vietcong in Cambodia on May 1, 1970.
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Four protestors of the Cambodian invasion were killed on the campus of Kent State University.
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the WArring sides signed a treaty that bound them to agree to, " end the and {restore] the peace in Vietnam."
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This event led to the end of the Vietnam War.