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Difficulties in receiving fair wages or working conditions and the desire to combat discrimination were some of the earliest reasons Filipinos began to demand union representation. Labor organizing often fell to labor contractors, middlemen between the growers and the workers. -
Malcolm X, an African-American nationalist and Muslim leader, was assassinated as he began to address his newly formed Organization of Afro -
On August 4, 1965, the United States Senate passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The long-delayed issue of voting rights had come to the forefront because of a voter registration drive launched by civil rights activists in Selma, Alabama. -
The Hart-Cellar Act overhauled immigration policy in the United States by increasing access for new immigrant groups and producing a demographic revolution in the U.S. population. -
Black Power began as revolutionary movement in the 1960s and 1970s. It emphasized racial pride, economic empowerment, and the creation of political and cultural institutions -
a focused movement that sought to reestablish the rights of Mexican Americans whose lands had been seized by the U.S. government following the Mexican-American War -
Manongs (Filipino farm workers) go on a strike in Delano, California. Larry Itliong approaches Cesar Chavez about the movement and both parties come together and form the United Farm Workers -
Was sentenced to a federal prison for his activism and protests -
As was common for American gay bars at the time, the Stonewall Inn was owned by the Mafia. While police raids on gay bars were routine in the 1960s, officers quickly lost control of the situation at the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969 -
Native American activists occupied Alcatraz Island and held it for nineteen months to bring attention to past injustices and contemporary issues confronting Native Americans -
Empowers parents and funds student programs -
Gay Pride Week march -
Consolidates existing Indian revolving loan funds already administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and authorizes the appropriation of an additional $50 million for the consolidated fund from which direct Federal loans will be made to Indian organizations and individuals. -
gave Indian tribes the authority to contract with the Federal government to operate programs serving their tribal members and other eligible persons -
In response, housing activists, students, community members, and tenants united to protest and resist eviction. All the tenants were evicted on August 4, 1977 -
a federal law that seeks to keep Indian children with Indian families