Sixties Chronology Project
Senior Interdisciplinary Seminar
This assignment will enable you to work as individuals as well as a group to discover the historical background for our study of the Civil Rights Movement. In the process, you should begin to encounter resources for information as well as interconnections of ideas and themes.
Instructions:
Vietnamese soldiers of the 21st Recon Company rush to board waiting Huey choppers in the rice paddies near their forward command post in South Vietnam on Nov. 14, 1969. The men are to be transported into the interior of the U-Minh forest, the large marshy and swamp and forest area at the southern tip of Vietnam, long considered to be a VC strong-hold. For the previous month, an all Vietnamese operation called "Operation u-minh" had been attempting to drive the VC and NVA regulars from the area. It was the second such operation within the year. (AP Photo/Godfrey)
Significant Persons, Places, and Events
Freedom Rides
March on
Malcolm X Assassination
1964 & 1968 Civil Rights Act
1965 Voting Rights Act
SNCC
Black Panthers
MLK, Jr. Assassination
James Meredith Enrolls at
Emmett Till Murder
Medger Evers Murder
March from
Freedom Summer (Deaths of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner)
Significant Persons, Places, and Events
French Surrender at Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Gulf of Tonkin Incident (and Resolution)
Tet Offensive (& Battle for Hue)
Operation "Rolling Thunder" Deployed (& General Westmoreland)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
General Giap
My Lai Massacre
Buddhists Protest Again Diem (Thich Quang Duc Self-Immolation)
Diem's Assassination
Johnson Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection
Kent State