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Diem Bien Phu
Vietnamese defeat French -
Brown vs. Board of Education ruling is issued
Separate Is Not Equal -
U.S. military aid and advisors are sent to south Vietnam
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Montgomery bus boycott begins in Alabama
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Rosa Parks' decision to not sit in back of bus
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Greensboro sit in begins
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The March on Washington D.C., is held to support the Civil Rights bill
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Martin Luther King gives famous "I Have A Dream" speech at Lincoln Memorial
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes
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U.S.S. Maddox reports and imminent attack on them
Resulted in a retaliation on North Vietnam ordered by President Johnson -
Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Malcolm x is assassinated
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U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam
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U.S. forces launch Operation Crimp
Deployed nearly 8,000 troops, the biggest Americanoperation of the War -
Tet Offensive begins
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Civil Rights Act of 1968 is passed
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Martin Luther King Jr., is assassinated
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North Vietnam and U.S. continue peace talks in Paris
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Last troops leave Vietnam
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Saigon falls to North Vietnamese invasion