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Mar 10, 1472
First Slave Trade Agreement
Portuguese negotiates the first slave trade agreement. -
First Slaves
European traders brought the first slaves from Africa -
Law to stop removal of blacks
Pennsylvania amends law to stop the removal of blacks from the state. -
Britain abolishes slavery
Britain abolishes slavery in its colonies -
Declaration of Sentiments
Declaration of Sentiments was signed by 68 women and 32 men. 12 resolutions are adopted which call for equal treatment for women and men. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
She becomes a leader on the underground railroad. -
National Women's Rights Convention
The first National Women’s Rights Convention takes place in Worcester, Massachusetts. Has over 1,000 events. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Plessy V Ferguson
Jim Crow and separate but equal rights, this includes Native Americans -
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. -
Federal Woman Suffrage
The federal woman suffrage amendment is passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. -
Native American Citizens
Federal Government officially recognizes native americans as citizens of the U.S. -
Indian Reorganization Act
Indian Reorganization Act was passed seeking to protect Native Americans from losing their land -
Native Americans sent to "Special Schools"
Native Americans were sent to “Special Schools” specifically for Native Americans living on foundations -
NCAI is formed
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) was formed by 100 Indians and was designed to monitor federal policies. -
Mendez v. Westminister
Victory in the Mendez v. Westminster Supreme Court case. -
Lesbian-rights
Lesbian-rights organization in the United States called Daughters of Bilitis was created in San Francisco. -
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat
In montgomery Alabama December 1 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and was arrested after the bus driver called the police. She was fined which caused a national bus boycott by black people. This caused a desegregation of the buses in Montgomery Alabama. -
The Little Rock Nine
Three years after the supreme court ruled that segregated education was unequal September fourth nineteen fifty seven a white mob gathered in front of the school, and the national guard prevented the students from entering September 23 1957 they entered the school through a side entrance with police escorts September 25 the president ordered the army to protect the students on their way to and from school. -
UFWOC
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, led by Cesar Chavez is initiated as an independent organization in Delano, California. -
Equal Pay Act
Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal for for employers to pay a woman less than a what a man would receive for the same job. -
KKK Attack
On this day the Ku Klux Klan used dynamite to blow up the African American sixteenth street Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama. It was a black congregation and a meeting place for civil rights leaders -
African American people march in protest
Black people were not allowed to vote in a small town so they protested by marching. A black boy was fatally shot. Six hundred people marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama and were stopped by state troopers who threw tear gas and beat them. -
Delano Grape Strike and Boycott
The beginning of the Delano Grape Strike and Boycott. Hispanics and Filipinos joined together to get better pay and work conditions. -
Rodolfo Acuña
Rodolfo Acuña starts teaching the first Mexican American history class in Los Angeles, California. -
NFWA March
Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association march from Delano to the California state capitol in Sacramento. -
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Reies Lopez Tijerina conducts an armed raid in Tierra Amarilla on the Rio Arriba County Courthouse. -
Indian Civil Rights Act
A act was passed giving native americans civil rights that they had been fighting for a long time to receive. -
Grape Boycott Success
The grape boycott was a success. Table grape growers at long last signed their first union contracts. Giving workers better pay, benefits, and protections. -
American Indian Movement
Activists marched across the country known as the “Trail of broken treaties” and they took over the bureau of Indian Affairs protesting the government's failure to address past treaty responsibilities to various indian nations. -
American Indian Movement
The American Indian movement also led a spiritual walk to Washington D.C. to draw attention to anti-indian legislation, leading congress to pass American Indian Religious Freedom Act and eventually passage of the Indian Civil Rights Act. -
American Indian Movement
Unhappy with the governance of tribal president Richard Wilson, activists occupied the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and had a violent standoff with the FBI, U.S. Marshal, and National Guard. -
Right to safe and legal abortion
The Supreme Court establishes a woman's right to safe and legal abortion, overriding the anti abortion laws of many states. -
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act bans employment discrimination against pregnant women. -
Wisconsin outlaws discrimination
Wisconsin becomes the first state to outlaw discrimination on sexual orientation. -
President Clinton passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
This act attempted to limit the act that lets the government infringe upon religious freedom -
Vermont legalizes gay marriage
Vermont became the first state in the country to legally recognize gay marriage. -
Islamic Cultural Center receives a phone call
On September 11 2001 Eugene Oregon an Islamic cultural center was received a threatening phone call -
Pakistani family's house set on fire
On September 12 2001 in Salt Lake City Utaha Pakistani American family’s house was set on fire. -
Arab American's receive bomb threats
On September 13, 2001 in Chicago Illinois a food store owned by Arab Americans was received bomb threats -
Muslim student attacked by another white student
On September 13 2001 a Muslim student was assaulted and verbally harassed by a white student in Bloomington Indiana. -
49 year old Sikh shot and killed
On September 15 2001 in Mesa Arizona a 49 year old Sikh was fatally shot outside a gas station -
Pakistani American shot to death
On September 15 2001 in Dallas Texas a 46 year old Pakistani American was shot to death -
Indian Student threatened and harassed
On September 18 2001 in Fort Worth Texas a student of Indian descent was threatened and harassed -
Gay marriage legal in Massachusetts
same sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts -
Verbal Attack on female Muslim students
In September 2004 in Berkeley, California eight female Muslim students were called out with racial slurs and pelted with water bottles -
Civil unions in Connecticut
Civil unions became legal in Connecticut -
Civil Unions in New Jersey
Civil unions become legal in New Jersey -
Attack on an American Indian family
In July 2007 on a beach on Lake Tahoe a family of American Indians were beaten by two people and called racial slurs like relatives of Bin Laden. -
Gay equal rights bill approved
The House of Representatives approves a bill ensuring equal rights in the workplace for gay men lesbians and bisexuals. -
Ten year old Muslim boy assaulted
In October 2008 a ten year old Sikh was assaulted on his way home from school in Wayne, New Jersey. -
2 Middle Eastern men killed
In January 2009 in memphis
2 middle eastern store clerks were murdered. The assailant took aim and fired. It was classified as a robbery not a hate crime -
Same-sex partners receive benefits
President Obama signs a referendum allowing the same-sex partners of federal employees to receive benefits. -
Washington legalizes gay marriage
Washington becomes the seventh state to legalize gay marriage. -
Arab American man held at gun point
On September 11 in Ronkonkoma New York 2001 an Arab American man was held at gunpoint and threatened -
Pakistani woman run over by car
On September 12 2001 in South Huntington New York a Pakistani woman was the targeted for being run over by a car. -
Convience Store Vandalized
On September 13 2001 in Somerset California a convenience store owned by Arab Americans had a cocktail tossed at it. -
Muslim American students murdered
In February 2015 3 Muslim American students were murdered at the University of Chapel Hill in North Carolina. -
Historical Debate over gay marriage
The Supreme Court had two days of historical debate over gay marriage -
Indian murdered at gas station
On October 4 in Mesquite Texas a 49 year old Indian was murdered at a gas station. -
67 year old Muslim man beaten
In November a 67 year old man was beaten continuously in Wayne, New Jersey -
3 Muslim American men murdered
In February 2016 in Indiana 3 Muslim American men were murdered, a 23 year old, a 20 year old, and a seventeen year old.
