Civil Rights Movement Effects

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    Civil Rights

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Legal end to segregation in the public school system.

  • Rosa Parks Bus Protest

    Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus. Start of Montgomery Bus Boycott.

  • Woolworth "whites only" Lunch Counter Protest

    4 college students refuse to leave the Woolworth "whites only" lunch counter without being served.

  • Equal Pay Act Signed Into Law

    President John F. Kennedy signs law prohibiting sex-based wage discrimination.

  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

    Approximately 250,000 people march on Washington DC in support of Civil Rights. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous "I have a dream" speech.

  • Civil Rights Act Signed Into Law (Women's Rights Benefit)

    Ended "employment discrimination based on race, religion, national origin or sex."

  • Roe v. Wade

    US Supreme Court finds the Constitution protects a woman's right to get an abortion.

  • National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights

    Over 75,000 people marched on Washington DC to demand equal civil rights.

  • "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Military Policy

    The official United States policy which allowed gays and lesbians to serve in the military as long as their sexual status was kept a secret.

  • Ban on Same-Sex Marriages Ruled Unconstitutional

    The United States Supreme Court ruled that states' ban on same-sex marriages violated the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Constitution.