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A compromise reached among state delegates during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention about the population of slaves.
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A document signed by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
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The Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court.
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It is a change to the basic and most important laws that govern the United States. It abolished slavery in the United States.
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Granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.
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It granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
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A Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality
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A civil rights organization in the United States formed to endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group.
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It prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.
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An amendment designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex was introduced.
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It overturned the Texas state law that authorized the Democratic Party to set its internal rules, including the use of white primaries.
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It abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces.
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The Supreme Court extended constitutional rights to Mexican Americans.
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The Supreme Court ruled that American state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
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A group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School which at the time was a white school.
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It prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officials.
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It ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
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An act that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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It aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (p.s. this is on my birthday).
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An American feminist organization
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He benefitted many people by his efforts to gain better working conditions for the thousands of workers who labored on farms for low wages and under severe conditions.
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A Supreme Court case, which held that Congress could regulate the sale of private property to prevent racial discrimination
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An organization formed to protect the rights of Latinos in the United States.
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A series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid.
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An Equal Protection case in the United States in which the Supreme Court ruled that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes.
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An amendment designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex was passed.
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A federal law that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
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Districts in Texas are allowed too have multiple members in the Senate.
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An act of Congress to open the United States Military Academies to women.
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A majority of the United States Supreme Court determined that statutory or administrative sex classifications were subject to intermediate scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
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The first United States Supreme Court case which the bona fide occupational qualifications defense was used.
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It struck down both a state statute denying funding for education to undocumented immigrant children
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The policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration.
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The state of Massachusetts allowed same sex marriage.
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It held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of "marriage" and "spouse" to apply only to opposite-sex unions, by Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), is unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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An act that ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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It defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman, and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states.
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A case in the Supreme Court of the United States that dealt with whether owners of public accommodations can refuse certain services based on the First Amendment claims of free speech and free exercise of religion.
