Timeline HyperDoc 3

By AshlynnCrawford

  • Equal Pay Act of 1963

    Legislation mandating equal pay for equal work, in a measure to end gender-based disparity

  • Battle of Diem Bein Phu

    Vietnamese defeated the French and gain independence.

  • Brown V. The Board of Education

    The US Supreme Court declared separate but equal unequal and reversed Plessy vs. Ferguson.

  • Rosa Parks Arrested

    Rosa Parks is arrested after refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger.

  • Bus Boycott Begins

    After Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, black people in that area began boycotting buses. It took only 22 days for the Montgomery bus System to be forced to close because of it.

  • The Little Rock Nine

    US National Guard is deployed to escort the nine black students to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas

  • Letter from Birmingham Jail

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes about social injustices and racial discrimination while in jail after being arrested for protesting.

  • Martin Luther King Jr's Speech

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous speech of freedom and equality near the Lincoln Memorial.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Segregation is made illegal and gives the federal government power to prevent racial discrimination.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Congress passes the Voting Rights Act enabling black people to vote.

  • An Agreement Is Signed

    South Vietnam agrees and signs a peace agreement with North Vietnam, ending the war.

  • US Embassy Overrun

    North Vietnamese overrun US embassy in Vietnam; United States withdraws from Vietnam.