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An Antiwar Movement Timeline:
1964-1967
1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 19671964
Year |
Event |
| 1964 |
24th Amendment outlaws poll taxes for national elections |
| 1964 |
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaws discrimination on the basis of race,
color, religion or national origin. It gave the attorney general the power to guarantee
voting rights and end school segregation. This Act is the culmination of a long struggle
by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, among others, to change the segregation and
discrimination that exist in the United States. |
| 1964 |
Gulf of Tonkin Incident. A supposed U.S. battleship was attacked in
the Gulf of Tonkin, justifying a U.S. offensive on Vietnam. |
| 1964 |
Congress passes Southeast Asia Resolution |
| 1964 |
SDS begins planning first national antiwar demonstration. |
| Year |
Event |
| 1965 |
President Johnson orders Operation Rolling Thunder. U.S.
sends 3,500 marines to the air base at Danang. Expanding the U.S. role from an advisory
one, this action is the first commitment of U.S. ground troops in combat in Vietnam. |
| 1965 |
First "teach-in" on war held in Ann Arbor. |
| 1965 |
Johnson sends speakers to campuses, and takes other steps to
counter the growing antiwar movement, along with the antiwar sentiment. |
| 1965 |
Johnson approves deployment of 100,000 additional U.S. troops
to Vietnam. Total troop number: 175,000. |
| 1965 |
Voting Rights Act nullifies local laws and practices that
prevent minorities from voting. |
| 1965 |
General William Westmoreland requests 443,000 U.S. troops by
the end of 1966. |
| 1965 |
Johnson orders bombing to halt over North Vietnam following
pressures by critics and the public. |
| 1965 |
Malcolm X assasinated. |
Year |
Event |
1966 |
Johnson resumes bombing of North Vietnam. |
| 1966 |
Napalm protests escalate. Four California housewives block shipment
of napalm bombs. |
| 1966 |
Bombing of storage facilities in Hanoi and Haiphong being June 29. |
| 1966 |
First national antiwar "Mobilization" committee
initiated. |
| 1966 |
Protests against Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara at Hardvard. |
| 1966 |
Student mobilization committee formed. |
| Year |
Event |
| 1967 |
Presidential Candidate Hopeful, Eugene McCarthy comes out against the war. |
| 1967 |
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. comes out against the war. |
| 1967 |
International War Crimes Tribunal hearings in Sweden, May and November. |
| 1967 |
Johnson Administration takes steps to counteract peace movement. |
| 1967 |
U.S. military leaders advocate major escalation, senior civilian officials
urge stabilization, Johnson chooses middle course. |
| 1967 |
Vietnam Veterans against the War formed. |
| 1967 |
National Draft-Card Turn-in. |
| 1967 |
Resistance leaders present draft cards to Justice Department. |
| 1967 |
Johnson continues to slow escalations in an effort to rally public
support. |
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