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Declaration of Independence
This document was a symbol of America’s new found Liberty and was immediately cherished and enforced so that we could become and remain free. -
13th Amendment
This amendment was revolutionary to the African Americans for this amendment abolished slavery. -
14th amendment
This was passed to make sure that citizen’s civil liberties would never be taken away from them and that they would have protection against the Government violating their pursuit of happiness. -
15th Amendment
African Americans were free to vote with the passing of this amendment -
19th Amendment
This allowed women to vote alongside the men and decide who they want to be their leaders. -
Executive Order
President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10450 on April 27, 1953. It revoked President Truman's 1947 Executive Order 9835 and dismantled its Loyalty Review Board program. Instead it charged the heads of federal agencies and the Office of Personnel Management, supported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with investigating federal employees to -
Brown Vs. Education
This is one of the biggest and most important court cases known to the United States. This case protested against segregation although it didn't fully segragate it was the start of a new world for african Americans as it questioned the constitution and its every man is equal". -
One, Inc. V. Olesen
Supreme Court ruled in favor of the nation's first pro-gay publication -
Illinois becomes the first state to repeal its Sodomy Laws
Illinois became the first state in the U.S. to get rid of its sodomy law. The revision closely followed the 1955 recommendations of the American Law Institute, a group of distinguished lawyers and law professors. -
24th Amendment- January 23rd, 1964
For United State Citizen’s to have the right to vote for anyone in Congress and shall not be denied by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
APA removed homosexuality as a mental disorder
They stopped trying to find a cure for homosexuality. That diagnosis was finally removed in 1987, but resurfaced as a brief mention under “Sexual Disorders Not Otherwise Specified”, which describes persistent and marked distress about one’s sexual orientation. -
Defense of Marriage Act
a United States federal law that allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states. This was signed into law by Bill Clinton. -
Massachusetts legalizes gay marriage
The same laws and procedures that govern traditional marriage also apply to same-sex marriages. There are no special procedures for a same-sex marriage. Julie and Hilary Goodridge applied for a marriage license 10 years ago; they did it with a police escort at their side. As the plaintiffs in the landmark case – Goodridge v. Department of Public Health – that brought same-sex marriage to the first state in the country. -
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is repealed
The discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on gay and lesbian service members is officially history. For 17 years, the law prohibited qualified gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the armed forces and sent a message that discrimination was acceptable. Gay and lesbian service members previously discharged under DADT have the opportunity -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This court case was important to History because it established the rule of "seprate but equal" after a man refused to sit in a black rail road car. The verdict was • that Yes. The states can constitutionally enact legislation requiring persons of different races to use “separate but equal” segregated facilities -
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
The policy prohibited military personnel from discriminating against or harassing closeted homosexual or bisexual service members or applicants. The civil rights of gays and lesbians, particularly their open service in the military, attracted some press attention, and all candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination supported ending the ban on military service limiting the Gays not being able to tell. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
Often held up as the most effective civil rights law ever enacted. Bans racial discrimination in voting practices by the federal government as well as by state and local governments.
