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Held to try and restore peace in Indochina.
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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries.
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Court ruling decision that desegregated the public school system.
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Rosa parks refused to give up her seat on the bus.
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Defeated at Dien Bien Phu, France leaves indochina. On this day the last French soldier left Vietnam.
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Nine black studentd were admittted to a white school, the situation got out of hand, Eisenhower sent troops.
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U.S. Troops had to intervene because the politcal and religous tension caused a political crisis.
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Non-violent sit ins that led to the desgregation of Woolworth's department store.
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Shot down while over Soviet Union airspace, coldwar.
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Famous march for African American rights, Martin Luther King jr. gave his I have a dream speech.
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Important legislation that outlawed many forms of discrimination agaisnt blacks and women.
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Gave President Johnson the right for conventional military force in Southeast Asia.
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Famous African American Muslim who spoke out on racism and discrimination was assassinated.
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Were need to help defend American air base at Da Nang.
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Outlawed discriminatory voting practices.
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Military campaign during Vietnam War.
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African American civil rights leader was murdered.
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Outlawed discriminat housing, backed up the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Johnson announced he wouldn't be running for a second term.
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The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.