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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson in order to break free from the British rule. The document describes all men are created equal and there are certain rights that the government should never violate. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Thia was the site of the first modern women's right convention. At the gathering, Elizabeth Cady Staton read a Declaration of Sentiment listing the many discriminations against women, and adopted eleven resolutions, one of which called for women's suffrage. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act states that discrimination based on color, race, religion, and gender is prohibited. -
Thirteenth Amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
Fourteenth Amendment
The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. -
Fifteenth Amendment
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote. -
Plessy v Ferguson
The 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson case was extremely important. It was a legal case in which the Supreme Court decided that "separate but equal" facilities satisfied the guarantees of 14th Amendment, thus giving legal sanction to "Jim Crow" segregation laws. -
Founding of the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an African American civil rights organization to ensure equality of all people. -
Nineteenth Amendment
This Amendment prohibits any United States Citizen the right to vote based on gender. -
Colorado Becomes the first state to grant women the right to vote
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Court unanimously ruled that "separate but equal" public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. -
One, Inc v. Olesen
Thi wsa supreme court decision for LBGT rights. It was the first U.S. Supreme Court ruling to deal with homosexuality and the first to address free speech rights with respect to homosexuality. -
illinois becomes the first state to repeal its sodomy laws
Sodomy laws were laws that prohibited a variety of sexual acts and Illinois was the first state to repeal them. -
Executive Orde 10450
This was an order that requires all government employees are trustworthy, reliable,and loyal to the United States. -
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
This amendment ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans from voting. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This Act prohibits racial discrimination when voting, signed into law by Lyndon Johnson. -
Stonewall inn Riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community[note 1] against a police raid -
Title IX
This is the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. -
APA Removes Homosexuality as a mental disorder
The American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973 from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. -
Defense of Marriage Act
This act allowed states to refuse same-sex marrage under laws of the United States. -
Don't Ask Don't Tell Repealed
This Act repealed the previous law that prohibited gays, lesbians, and bisexuals from volunteering in the armed forces. -
Massachusetts Legalizes Gay Marriage
Until this court date, it was unconstitutional for same-sex marriage. But after a same sex couple sued in court, it was allowed in the state of Massachusetts. -
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
This was the policy that the United States had on gays serving in the milarity. This prevented people from serving in the military if they demonstrateed "homosexual" acts.
