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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the confrontation between French forces and communist Vietnamese. The French forces were defeated which lead to the independence of the Vietnamese.
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This court case decided that seperate educational facilities were inherently unequal. The Supreme Court made a unanimous decision.
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This began when Rosa Parks refused to get out of her seat and move to the back of the bus. African Americans then boycotted the use of the buses to get a point across.
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Nine high school students were sent to a racially segregated school in Little Rock, AK to promote integration. They were initially stopped from entering the school, but president Eisenhower intervened.
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African Americans protested nonviolently by demonstrating at Woolworth's department store. It led to the reversal of racial segregation.
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In Operation Chopper, helicopters flown by U.S. Army pilots carried South Vietnamese soldiers to attack North Vietnamese forces. It marked America's first combat missions against the Vietcong.
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James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Organizers intended to challenge the federal government.
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This law outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women.
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Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in response to naval attacks by the North Vietnamese. It gave the U.S. permission to use conventional military force on Southeast Asia.
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Malcom X was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans.
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This was the gradual and sustained aerial bombardment of the U.S. against North Vietnam.
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U.S. Marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam; they were the first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam.
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This act outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the disenfranchisement of blacks.
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United States Marines located at a base in Khe Sanh were barraged by North Vietnamese mortars. 18 were instantly killed.
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This was a campaign by the North Vietnamese attempting to strike command centers in South Vietnam and spark a civilian uprising. They wanted to channel this uprising into the toppeling of Saigon, thus ending the war.
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NYU students protested against Dow Chemical Recruiters on their campus. Dow Chemical was the principal manufacturer of napalm, which was used by the U.S. to burn down Vietnamese villages and jungle.
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MLK Jr. was an activist and a prominent figure in the African American Civil Rights Movement. He was shot at a motel in Memphis.
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This act prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin.
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At the 1968 Democratic National Convention, an anti-war protest got out of hand and it ended with police beating demonstrators.
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This was a series of covert bombings by the U.S. in eastern Cambodia, where North Vietnamese forces were believed to have been hiding.
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Two months after signing the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. troops leave South Vietnam when Hanoi freed the remaining American prisoners of war.
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This resulted when Saigon fell to to the People's Army of Vietnam and marked the end of the Vietnam War.
