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Dien Bien Phu
French defeat that influenced negotiations over the future of Indochina at Geneva -
Brown Vs. Board of Eduction ruling is issued
was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
US military aid and advisers sent to South Vietnam
Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 -
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Montgomery bys boycott in Alabama
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. -
Civili Rights Act of 1957
primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction. -
Eisenhower sends troops to Little Rock to ensure integratino of a high school
Troops were sent to little Rock to ensure that studenst would be integrated at the Little Rock High School -
Greensboro sit-in begins
four students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina sat down at the lunch counter inside the Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina and ordered coffee at a whites only bar. When they were refused, more African-Americans came in to sit in -
March on Washington DC to support the Civil Rights bill
March was organized by a group of civil rights leaders, which included between 200-300 thousand people and also included Martin Luther King Jr's speech -
Civil Rights Act Passes
outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public -
Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
was a joint resolution which the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in response to a sea battle between the North Vietnamese Navy's Torpedo Squadron 135 and the destroyer USS Maddox on August 2 and an alleged second naval engagement between North Vietnamese boats and the US destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy on August 4 in the Tonkin Gulf -
US troops arrive in Vietnam
Troops are sent to south vietnam -
Voting Rights act passes
outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S. -
Tet Offesnive begins
purpose of the offensive was to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam and to spark a general uprising among the population that would then topple the Saigon government, thus ending the war in a single blow -
Civil Rights act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in housing -
Anti-War protests in Chicago
Groups gather to protest vietnam war in Chicago -
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Invasion of Cambodia
Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia to defeat aproximately 40,000 troops of the Peoples Army of Vietnam -
Nation Guard troops kill studnet protesters at Kent State
The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, most had been protesting the invasion of Cambodia -
Last troops leave Vietnam
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Saigon America Embassy Falls
the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front. Marked the end of the Vietnam War. -
Civil Rights Act of 1991
limited the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination