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This person delivered the iconic “I have a dream” speech on August 28, 1963.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Political demonstration in Washington in 1963 where a quarter of a million people gathered to protest racial discrimination
The March on Washington
US involvement increased from support roles, to hundreds of thousands of what in Vietnam
Soliders
Despite legal victories, this government agency established in the 1950's conducted surveillance and infiltration of civil rights organizations
The FBI
The conscription of young men into military service.
The Draft
Called the “mother of the civil rights movement”.
Rosa Parks
This boycott was sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Over time, the civil rights movement became more inclusive to this demographic(s), reflecting a broader understanding of civil rights and social justice.
women and LGBTQ
Although the US initially relied on conventional warfare, as the war progressed, they tended to use this military strategy, characterized by the extensive use of firepower and bombing
Carpet Bombing
Passed in congress, this outlawed segregation in businesses such as theaters, restaurants and hotels
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Elected president in 1968 who campaigned on a promise to end the Vietnam War
Richard Nixon
Group of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in bus rides throughout the south to protest segregated bus terminals
Freedom Riders
While Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for nonviolent resistance, later in the movement some groups adopted more militant tactics.
The Black Panthers
This landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Brown v. Board of Education
Americas oldest civil rights organization.
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
When this person escaped slavery in 1838, he and his wife adopted their last name from a poem.
A series of attacks in 1968 where North Vietnam launched a series of surprise attacks on South Vietnamese cities, towns, and military installations.
Tet Offensive
Despite shifts in public opinion, these came a constant feature of American society during the Vietnam War
Anti-War Protests
While many urban areas saw large-scale protests, rural areas in the South relied on this grassroots tactic which involved organizing African American voters to challenge segregation.
Voter Registration Drives
A communist guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought against the government of south Vietnam and the US during the Vietnam War
Viet Cong
President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963, a central figure in the early stages of US involvement in Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Attacks on US Navy destroyers by North Vietnamese torpedo boats off the coast of Vietnam in 1964
Gulf Of Tonkin Incident
A white supremacist hate group that targeted African Americans
The Ku Klux Klan
While the civil rights movement was initially focused on challenging segregation in the south, this event in LA in 1965 brought national attention to racial inequality in the north.
Watts Riots
A herbicide used by the US Military during the Vietnam war to destroy forest cover and crops used by the enemy
Agent Orange