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Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh forces surrounded Dien Bien Phu and began bombarding French, soon after the French forces fell to the Vietnimh. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional and violated the 14th amendment. -
Meeting at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
This is where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out to people to continue their protest. -
SCLC
A civil rights organiztion that students started instead of joining NAACP. -
Browder v. Gayle
This court case ruled that Alabama's law requiring segregation on buses unconstitutional. -
Woolworth Department store
Four African American college students liked the idea of civil rights. So they bought school supplies and sat at the lunch bar, which was white only. -
Freedom Riders
In May the Freedom Riders began riding on white buses. Later on May 4, an angry white mob attacked them. -
James Meredith denied entrance
This is when James Meredith was trying to be the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi. -
James Meredith Enrolled
This is when James was enrolled as the first African American at the University of Mississippi. -
Blocked from Enrolling
George Wallace stood in front of University of Alabama's admission office and stopped two African Americans from enrolling. -
Graduation
James Meredith was the first African American to graduat at UofM. -
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry defeated Diem's and he was soon executed. -
Assassination
President Kennedy was assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson became president -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Johnson signed the Cicil Rights Act of 1964 -
Torpedos Away!
President Johnson announced that North Vietnamese had fired torpedos fired upon two American destroyersin the Golf of Tonkin. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This gave permission to repel and take any measure against armed attacks against the U.S. -
Nobel Peace Prize
This is the date that Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
African Americans gained the right to vote. -
MLK Assassination
In Memphis outside of his hotel room MLK was sniped down. -
U.S. troops out of Vietnam
In 1973 the U.S. began to leave Vietnam because of the failure of trying to begin a deomcratic society. Another reason was because of not having any support back home.
