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1964 Civil Rights act
The 1964 Civil Rights act prohibited discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion or national origin. -
1968 The Bilingual Education Act
Also know as Title VII, the Bilingual Education Act becomes law, recognizing the needs of limited English speaking students -
1968 MLK assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr., was an activist who became perhaps the most well known leader in the civil rights movement. He was assassinated in April 4th, 1968 -
1972 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
Although associated mostly in the benefit of women in sports, Title IX prohibited discrimination based on sex in all aspects of education -
1975 National Association of Bilingual Education
The National Association of Bilingual Education is founded -
1980 Refugee act of 1980
The refugee act of 1980 was created to provide a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission to the United States of refugees of special humanitarian concerns -
1990- The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990
A national reform of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, it allowed 700,000 immigrants to come to the U.S. per year for the fiscal years '92–'94, and 675,000 per year after that. -
1994 California Proposition 187
Proposition 187 denied benefits, including public education, to illegal aliens in California -
1998 California Proposition 227
California passes proposition 227, requiring all classes in school to be taught in English. -
2008 Obama becomes president
Barrack Obama becomes the first black president of the United States of America
