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Brown vs. Board Education was signed into law, calling for the desegregation of schools all over the nation.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned all major forms of discrimination on the basis of race, ethnic, national and ethnic minorities, and women.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned discriminatory voting practices that had previously been used against African Americans.
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The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was signed into law, defining marriage as a union between one woman and man at the federal level.
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This is a brief history of the Marriage Equality movement in the United States, starting with the signing of the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996.
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Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize gay marriage.
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The UK moves closer to marriage equality as its Parliament passes a bill legalizing gay marriage.
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Illinois moves closer to marriage equality as a gay marriage bill passes in the state Senate.
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Recent polls in Minnesota show a majority of people in opposition to marriage equality.
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Ohio Senator Rob Portman, a Republican, becomes the first senator in his party to openly support marriage equality. The decision came two years after finding out his son is gay.
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The Marriage Equality movement hits Facebook in wake of the Supreme Court hearings on DOMA, as millions change their profile picture to a red version of the Human Rights Campaign logo.
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The Supreme Court reconsiders the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act after thirteen years of it as the law of the land.
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Mark Kirk (R-IL) becomes the second Republican senator to publicly support gay marriage. His announcement came just a few weeks after Rob Portman of Ohio voiced his support.
