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UNIT TWELVE
The Johnson Administration
EXPLORING CONTEXT
timeline
1964
Johnson announces his plans for a “Great Society” (May). Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (July). The Gulf of Tonkin Incident/Resolution (August)
1965
Malcolm X is assassinated (February). The first U.S. combat troops land in Vietnam (March). The Voting Rights Act is signed into law (August)
1966
Stokely Carmichael, the leader of SNCC advocates “Black Power.” Huey Newton and Bobby Seale organize the Black Panthers in Oakland, California.
1968
Tet Offensive (January). Johnson announces he will not seek re-election (March). Civil Rights Act of 1968 is signed into law and Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated (April). Robert Kennedy is assassinated (June). Protests erupt at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago (August).
- SCLC, SNCC, CORE
- Malcolm X
- Civil Rights Act 1964
- The 24th Amendment
- Fannie Lou Hamer
- Mississippi Democratic Freedom Summer
- The Selma Campaign
- The Voting Rights Act
- Stokely Carmichael
- Black Panthers
- Race Riots and Urban Problems
- King's Assassination
- 1968 Olympics
- The Great Society
- Review of Vietnam 1940s-1963
- The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
- Election of 1964
- CIA and Ngo Diem
- North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong
- Operation Rolling Thunder
- Escalation: The Draft, Deferments and Exemptions
- Agent Orange and Napalm
- Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Anti-War Movement
- The Credibility Gap
- SDS and Draft Protests
- Tet Offensive
- Chaos of 1968: Democratic Convention, MLK Assassination, Robert Kennedy Assassination
- Election of 1968
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