Civil Rights/ Vietnam Era

By StratmanUSA

  • Brown V. Board of Education

    Surpreme Court ruling segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

  • U.S. Aid sent to South Vietnam

    At a conference in Washington, D.C. on February 12, 1955 between officials of the U.S. State Department and the French Minister of Overseas Affairs, it was agreed that all U.S. aid would be funneled directly to South Vietnam

  • Rosa Parks

    Refuses to sit on back of bus

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott Beings in Alabama

    Riots started to move the civil rights movement forward.

  • Eisenhower sends troops to Little Rock

    African Americans were allowed to attend a white school.

  • Greensboro Sit Ins

    The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests where students sat in traditionally whites only sections.

  • Kennedy Elected

    John F. Kennedy becomes the youngest elected President.

  • The March On Washington

    a large political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African Americans that took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial during the march.

  • Johnson Becomes President

    After Kennedy's assassination, Johnson becomes President

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Outlawed major forms of discrimination, mainly towards women and blacks.

  • The Tonkin Gulf Resolution

    The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was a joint resolution which the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in response to a sea battle between the North Vietnamese Navy's Torpedo Squadron 135 and the destroyer USS Maddox

  • Malcolm X Assassinated

    One of the major leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. On February 21, 1965, in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom, Malcolm X began to speak to a meeting of the Organization of Afro-American Unity when a disturbance broke out in the crowd of 400, he was then shot.

  • Troops Arrive in Vietnam

    U.S. sends troops to Vietnam.

  • Tet Offensive Begins

    The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that began on January 31, 1968. Regular and irregular forces of the People's Army of Vietnam fought against the forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the United States, and their allies.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had been standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, when he was shot.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    The 1968 act expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and as of 1974, gender; as of 1988, the act protects the disabled and families with children. It also provided protection for civil rights workers.

  • Anti War Protests in Chicago

    During the 1968 Democratic National Convention, held August 26–August 29 in Chicago, anti-war protesters marched and demonstrated throughout the city. Tensions between police and protesters quickly escalated, resulting in a "police riot". Eight leading anti-war activists were indicted by the U.S. Attorney and prosecuted for conspiracy to riot; their convictions were subsequently overturned on appeal. Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley brought to bear 23,000 police and National G

  • Nixon Becomes President

    After losing to Kennedy, he ran again and won.

  • Protestors killed at Kent State

    occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970.

  • Last Troops Leave Vietnam

    Troops are pulled from Vietnam.