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The Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act was the law to begin fighting the inner conflict on segregation and discrimination. This law prohibits any sort of discrimination in a public domain in regards to race, sex, and religion. While this may have required modification down the road, it began to enforce the societal expectations for citizens of the U.S. Leading to a community inhibiting more equality and diversity. -
The Assassination Of MLK
Renowned leader of the American Civil Rights Movement and an American Baptist Minister, Dr. Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in his hotel room. This created a massive uproar in black communities as well as harmful tension all around the U.S. MLK was a Nobel Prize winner and will be a perennial leader for human rights indefinitely. -
(PARC) v. Pennsylvania
Free public education is now offered to those who suffer mental retardation by the Federal Court. This is the continuation of public education fighting discrimination that's against race, sex, and origin. It is the acceptance of moving forward and growing to a more positive direction for all students, especially those with intellectual disabilities. To this day, education reform is constantly underway to help students have a specialized way of learning that helps them succeed best. -
Indian Education Act
This Act was the participation of the U.S. government becoming involved with American Indians and Alaskan Natives within educational realms to help provide them with the necessary education for success that the Bureau of Indian Affairs was not already providing. Indian Reservations and Native American educations have always been a struggle in the U.S. There are scarce reservations in the U.S. and there lies so much neglect and poverty within their boundaries, it is a mighty struggle. -
The Refugee Act of 1980
Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter, this act reformed Immigration Law to allow refugees into American borders for humanitarian reasons. This shows our alliance and support with surrounding countries, showing that America is willing to help within and without our borders so we can grow and become more united than separated. This initially gave safe havens to over 3 million immigrants incoming to Florida. -
Board of Education v. Pico
The controversial removal of books in public schools comes to an end when U.S. Supreme Court denies the school administrators the right to remove books due to being offensive or inappropriate. Erasing such books from public school libraries hides important history and understanding regardless of how horrific or offensive it is. It's history that can't be erased or hidden, and remaining oblivious to its existence does not mean it isn't still present. -
Columbine Shooting
Called the deadliest school shooting incident in America, two high school students go to their local school in Littleton, Colorado and kill 15 students and wound 23 others. This event trickles to many more school shootings down the road. One year after the next, it becomes a common recurrence in different schools with young adults and children being the attackers. This brings attention to school security and safety but also makes "safe environments" the locations of disasters. -
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
In the early morning of September 11, 2001, The U.S. is under attack by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists occupying four commercial aircraft. The World Trade Center Twin Towers are both destroyed and the Pentagon is targeted and another plane is destroyed in a rural area. America will never be the same after what is considered to be the first terrorist attack that took the lives of more than 2,976 victims. "Terrorist attacks" are on the news daily and a battle that's ongoing. -
Barack Obama is Elected President
Elected as the 44th president of America, President Barack Obama is our first African American Executive Branch and intends to work on our National Budget and revising the No Child Left Behind Act. Obama gives the nation a hope of education reform making it possible to afford higher education beyond high school. -
Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the U.S.
In 2016, Hilary Clinton has lost the Presidential race and Donald Trump is the newly elected President of the United States. Many people are concerned with the approaches Trump took in his presidential campaign regarding his respect towards women, attitude towards undocumented immigrants, and his maturity approaching subject matter. He has hopes of appealing Obama Care and recovering the U.S. economy.
