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Bracero Program
August 4 1942. Brought mexican workers to replace american workers. Created because farm labor was short. Gave mexicans low paying jobs. -
Murder of Emmett Till
august 28 1955.
A young african american was killed after being accused of offending a white women in a family owned grocery store. It was one of the events that lead to the civil rights movement. It showed that they were being killed for false reasons. -
Integration of Central High School (Little Rock Nine)
September 3, 1957. The govener tried to stop nine african americans from attending high school at little rock high school. The supreme court resolved the issue by ruling that it was unconstitutional to try to stop them from going to a school full of only white students/children. -
Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954. A decision sparked by a high school in Topeka Kansas to stop racial segregation in schools because it was unconstitutional. It was ruled by the supreme court. It resulted inequality in the education system. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
December 5, 1955-December 20, 1056. A protest on segregation on public transportation, such as buses. In montgomery alabama. They didnt want descrimination on buses any longer. It resulted with the supreme court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. -
Title IX
June 23, 1972. It was created to ban any descrimination of the sex of a person in any educational place or school. It helped girls/women greatly in many ways. NCAA was involved. -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
february 1- July 25, 1960. SNCC was involved in this protest. These protests were done to try and get rid of racial descrimination in the woolsworth chain department store. It was a success and was taken on by other people. -
Freedom Riders
may 4, 1961-december 10, 1961
CORE was responsible
When activists rode buses in segregated areas of the united states and refused to get up from their seats. It showed americans and the government that they did not agree and like segregation for them. -
Publishing of The Feminist Mystique
february 19, 1963. Written by betty friedan. It influenced the second wave of the fight for feminism. It was a great influence to women and to show their rights that they had and wanted together. It talked about the issues of women. -
Equal Pay Act
June 10, 1963. A labor law that aimed to create equal pay no matter what gender you were. It resulted in a win and created equal pay no matter who it was if you had the same skill sets. -
Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have A Dream Speech”
august 28, 1963. Martin luther king wanted to show america that there were terrible injustices of racial inequality and he wanted to try to tell people to stop descriminating against people of another race. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
started in July 2, 1964. it ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, etc. It resulted in decreased tensions in public for anyone who was normally discriminated -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
august 6 1965. Signed by president lyndon b johnson. Wanted to help african americans to vote and have their voice heard. Under the 15 amendment. It was passed to help protect the african americans voting rights. -
Delano Grape Strike
September 8, 1965 – 1970
Put together by the AWOC and the United Farm workers against grape growers in California. On reasons of poor pay with bad work conditions. -
Coors Beer Boycott (1966)
The coors beer represented labor, race, and gender equality. People started to boycott and rebel because they wanted their rights and they wanted to be equal to everyone else. They did not want discrimination. Hispanics were really involved in this. -
Occupation of Alcatraz
November 1969 to June 11 1971. Native Americans took over Alcatraz island. Led by indian tribes. It resulted in the government forcibly removing them from the land. -
Roe v. Wade
- Decision by the supreme court. It disbanned abortions because it was unconstitutional not to give full rights to women and the families.
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Occupation of Wounded Knee
Feb 27, 1973 – May 5, 1973
200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. -
Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act 1975
authorized the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and some other government agencies to enter into contracts with, and make grants directly to, federally recognized Indian tribes.
