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             board of education of Topeka- case in 1954 the U.S supreme court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the fourteenth amendment to the constitution. The decision declared that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal. .
             Ho Chi minh one of the most well known Vietnamese because of his leading role in the war between North and South Vietnam known as Vietnam war. Founder of the Indochina communist party in 1930 and president from 1945 -69 of the democratic republic of Vietnam.
             Gulf of Tonkin incident- is the body of water that lies on the east coast of n. Vietnam and the west coast of the island hainan. This was the waters for the staging area of the U.S. seventh fleet. Eventually led to the escalation and official documentation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
             National liberation front- it was formed in 1960 to effect the overthrow of south Vietnamese government and the reunification of north and south Vietnam. It was represented by its own diplomatic staffs in all communist countries and in several neutral countries.
             Nixon doctrine- Set in 1969 the point of this doctrine was that the major effort for deterrence of localized wars overseas. It must be made by the governments and by the people of the states affected by those wars not by America.
             Rosa Parks- black American civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat5 on a public bus to a white man. This was recognized as the spark that ignited the U.S civil rights movement.
             Martin luther king jr.- eloquent black Baptist minister who led the civil-rights movement in the u.s. from the mid 1950's until his death. He was shot and killed in 1968. his leadership was fundamental to that movements success.