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In this timespan, Black Americans constituted 10% of American military personnel, yet were 20% of combat related deaths.
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Faculty and students at the University of Michigan joined together in March of 1965 to discuss reasons for their opposition to the war and their feelings about US involvement.
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Officials persecuted at least 3,000 people who refused to comply when drafted.
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the Senate Foreign Relations Committee began holding educational hearings on Vietnam in response to antiwar sentiment.
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Dr. King publicly condemned the war in Vietnam, citing the disproportionate amount of poor Black people who were drafted into service.
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The North Vietnamese army and the Vietcong launched an attack on major cities on a nationwide holiday, catching American troops by surprise.
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Johnson appeared on live television to announce that he would not be running for a second term.
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Dr. King was shot at his hotel in Memphis, Tennessee on the morning of April 4th.
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Robert Kennedy was shot on June 5th, almost exactly two months after the assassination of Dr. King.
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In response to complaints about being able to serve in the military but unable to vote, the 26th amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
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