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Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American MLB player
Jackie Robinson made one big step in the Civil RIghts movement, as he became the first ever African American person to become a baseball player for Major League Baseball. Breaking the color barrier in the sport. This was considered disobedience, since he also used to talk about racial issues a lot. -
Brown v. board of education
Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
Rosa Parks bus boycott
Rosa Parks, an African American rights activist who also had Native American blood, refused to give her seat in a bus, which would send her to the back of the bus, area destined for African Americans, she was eventually arrested for this but created a national motion regarding racial discrimination. Considered disobedience. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The passing of a new act that established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department made it illegal to stop any citizen from completing their right to vote. Aimed to protect the voting rights of African Americans. -
Sit-ins
Action of disobedience by four freshmen from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro who walked into the F. W. Woolworth store and quietly sat down at the lunch counter. They were refused service, but they stayed until closing time. The next morning they came with twenty-five more students.This was done as a protest and produced a new sense of pride and power for African Americans. -
"I Have a Dream"
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom for an audience of 250,000 people with the intend to end racism in the United States. Inspired incredible amounts of African Americans. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The pass of the Civil Rights act of 1964 meant the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. As in public accommodations and federally funded programs. Meant a big step in the search for equal civil rights. -
Voting Rights act of 1965
Act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution, it outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting -
Women's Liberation Movement
The creation of a feminist movement that started in the late 1960s and went on until around the 1980s, concentrated in western society but had an impact on the social status of women all over the world. Women opposed what they were being supposed to be at the time, and thanks to the movement starting making big gains. -
AIM protest
American Indian Movement (AIM) stages the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, to protest issues affecting Native Americans. Their objective was to achieve the recognition of Indian treaties by the United States government, among other goals such as sovereignty and the protection of Native Americans and their liberties. This protest reached an objective as the AIM became an internationally known and recognized civil rights group. -
Civil Rights Act of 1991
This act made sure to update what was previously stated in the 1964 act, provide additional protections against employment discrimination, particularly with regard to gender and disability. It strengthen the federal civil rights laws against employment discrimination. It helped protect Native American rights. -
1992 Los Angeles Riots
Major outbreak of violence, looting, and arson in Los Angeles that began on April 29, 1992, in response to the acquittal of four white Los Angeles policemen connected with the severe beating of an African American motorist in March 1991. more than 50 people were killed, more than 2,300 were injured, and thousands were arrested. Few things other than violence and discord in the country were accomplished. -
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Congress first passed the Violence Against Women Act in 1994, envisioning a nation with an engaged criminal legal system and coordinated community responses to domestic violence. It provides housing protections for people applying for or living in units subsidized by the federal government and who have experienced domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, among others. Meant a great achievement of the third wave of feminism -
Barack Obama becomes President
Barack Obama became the first African American president in the history of the United States, huge step in the search for the search within the group. Also, in his time as president Obama worked to help African Americans by increasing access to health care, creating jobs, revitalizing schools, and the development of targeted job creating investments in underserved communities. -
Native American Protests against Pipelines
Native American tribes have led protests against oil pipelines, notably the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and the Keystone XL Pipeline, arguing that these projects threaten their lands and water. Prime example of Native Americans fighting for their rights. this was an act of self-defense over their land.