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The Delcaration of Independence is a document, singed by our founding fathers, that freed us from British rule.
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Thi was the first women's right conventionin American history.
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The 13th Amendment is iportant because it abolished slavery in the US.
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The 14th grants citizenship to everyone born in the US, including recently freed slaves.
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Court case that decided racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "seperate but equal".
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Ratified a proposed constitutional amendment, HB 118, allowing women the right to vote.
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The NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization.
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The 19th gives all American women the right to vote.
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It revoked President Truman's 1947 Executive Order 9835 and dismantled its Loyalty Review Board program.
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The Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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It is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision for LGBT rights in the United States.
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It is iportant because it changed the way that criminals were punished and treated in prison or on the streets.
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The 24th prohibits any kind of poll tax in elections for federal officials.
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This law outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.
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Police raided a gay bar and then gays started rioting against them.
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It is a civil rights law prohibiting discrimination in education programs and activities receiving federal funds.
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The official United States policy on service by gays and lesbians in the military instituted by the Clinton Administration
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United States federal law that allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states.
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It is important because it gives gays recognition to get married even in one state.
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Process for ending the Don't ask, don't tell policy, thus allowing gays, lesbians, and bisexuals to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces.
