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Declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence was signed. it gave gave the US the right to be free from the British -
senecra falls convention
it is the first women rights convention. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment freed the slaves. -
14th Amendment
it gave the former slaves civil rights. -
15th amendment
it gave the afirican american people the right to vote. -
plessy vs ferguson
this is a landmark case where plessy was sitting in the whites only part of a train -
naacp is founded
it is a african american civil rights group -
colorado becomes first state to grant women the right to vote
On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified and women nationwide were finally granted the right to vote. To which the women of Colorado responded, welcome to the sisterhood. -
19th amendment
it gave the rights for women to vote. -
executive order 10450
Previously, the criteria used to define a security risk were largely political, that is, affiliation with suspect organizations or a clear demonstration of disloyalty. Executive Order 10450 added more general estimations of character, stability, and reliability. Its language was broad: "Any criminal, infamous, dishonest, immoral, or notoriously disgraceful conduct, habitual use of intoxicants to excess, drug addiction, or sexual perversion." At the same time, the executive order's provisions con -
one,inc v. olesen
it is a landmark decision for LGBT rights in the United States. It was the first U.S. Supreme Court ruling to deal with homosexuality and the first to address free speech rights with respect to homosexuality. -
illinois becomes first state to repeal its sodomy laws
which outlawed a variety of sexual acts, were historically universal. While they often targeted sexual acts between persons of the same sex, many statutes employed definitions broad enough to outlaw certain sexual acts between persons of different sexes as well, sometimes even acts between married persons. -
19th amendment
it prohibits congress and the state to vote in federal elections on payment on poll taxes or any other taxes. -
civil rights act of 1964
it prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, religion, color, or national origin -
voting rights act 1965
it prohibits racial discrimination of voting -
stonewall inn riots
were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay communityagainst a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States. -
title IX
it allows women to have equal rights in sporting events -
apa removes homosexuality as a mental disorder
Psychology was one of the first disciplines to study homosexuality as a discrete phenomenon. Prior to and throughout most of the 20th century, common standard psychology viewed homosexuality in terms of pathological models as a mental illness. That classification began to be subjected to critical scrutiny in the research, which consistently failed to produce any empirical or scientific basis for regarding homosexuality as a disorder. -
brown vs board of education
it is landmark case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
don't ask don't tell
it was to probit harassment to bisexual service members -
defense of marrage act
is a United States federal law that allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states. Until Section 3 of the Act was ruled unconstitutional in 2013, DOMA, in conjunction with other statutes, had barred same-sex married couples from being recognized as "spouses" for purposes of federal laws, effectively barring them from receiving federal marriage benefits. DOMA's passage did not prevent -
don't aske don't tell is repealed
is a landmark United States federal statute enacted in December 2010 that established a process for ending the Don't ask, don't tell (DADT) policy thus allowing gays, lesbians, and bisexuals to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces. It ended the policy in place since 1993 that allowed them to serve only if they kept their sexual orientation secret and the military did not learn of their sexual orientation. -
massachusetts legalizes gay marrage
Massachusetts' "gay marriage" decision. "Barred access to the protections, benefits, and obligations of civil marriage, a person who enters into an intimate, exclusive union with another of the same sex is arbitrarily deprived of membership in one of our community's most rewarding and cherished institutions.
