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Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

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40th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon

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U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

Rosa Parks 1913-2005, whose refusal to move to the back of a bus touched off the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. Fingerprinting Parks is Deputy Sheriff D .H. Lackey. December 1, 1955.

Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement

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Periods of American Literature

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Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

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6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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Born	July 14, 1938 • Cincinnati • Ohio
Died	November 28, 1994 (aged 56) • Los Angeles • California
Role In	Chicago Seven

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