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The U.S Civil War
After the U.S Civil War more whites and blacks attended the same public schools. -
Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen was a prominent water scientist, and the first woman to attend MIT. -
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress
First African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Her motto and title of her autobiography—Unbossed and Unbought—illustrated her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. -
The Higher Education Act
The Higher Education Act of 1965 is a law designed to strengthen the educational resources of the colleges and universities of the United States and to provide financial assistance to post-secondary students. -
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified and becomes law
The 14th Amendment guarantees privileges of citizenship including due process and equal protection under the law including the right to vote for freed male slaves -
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act
The Act prohibits discrimination against faculty, staff, and students, including racial segregation of students. -
The Civil Rights Project
The Project defines intensely segregated as schools that have less than ten percent white enrollment, to promote diversity. -
Demographic milestone is reached
First time, the overall number of Latino, African-American, and Asian students in public K-12 classrooms is expected to surpass the number of non-Hispanic whites. -
The Minnesota State High School League votes to adopt transgender student policy.
Minnesota is the 33rd state to have a formal transgender student policy. Transgender students would be able to join female school sports teams. -
School districts "to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.
The transgender student's school rights say "You have the right to use restrooms and locker rooms that match your gender identity, and you can’t be forced to use separate facilities".
