Discrimination

By Mairead.mh
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    Discrimination History

  • Dred Scott

    Dred Scott was a slave in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom. The court ruled against Scott staying that he nor any other person of Aflrican ancestry could claim citizenship in the US and could not bring the suit in federal court.

  • American Civil War

    After Abraham Lincoln is elected as president and declares slavery to be illegal, civil war breaks out between the Confederates and the Republicans.

  • Slavery is Abolished in US

    The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. Though many slaves had been declared free by Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, the Senate passed an amendment on April 8, 1864 to officially abolish slavery.

  • Death of Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth and Ford's Theatre five days after the American Civil War ended. Lincoln's death was part of a larger conspiracy in a bid to revive the Confederate cause and continue the legalisation of slavery.

  • Women Get the Vote in Canada

    Manitoba became the first in the country to win teh right ot vote in provincial election and to hold elective office.

  • Holocaust

    The mass muder or genocide of Jews during World War II. Approximately six millian Jews died under the systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany in attempts to create the perfect Ayrian race. This began with concentration camps being erected and the boycott of Jewish-owned shops in 1933.

  • Segregation ends in US

    The United States Supreme Court declared that segregation in public schools unconstitution. As a result, de jure segregation was was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

  • Death of Emmett Till

    Emmett Till was an African-American boy who was murdered for reportedly flirting with a while woman. Till was beaten and had an eye gouged out and was then thrown in the river. When his body was found, his mother held an open-casket funeral to show people the brutality in her son's murder. Pictures of the boy helpd to rally black support and white sympathy. Black civil rights were under scrutiny in Mississippi

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Louise McCauley Parks is called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". On this date, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to give up her seat in the coloured section on the bus to a white passenger. Park's arrest for civil disobedience became a symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Parks became an icon of resistance to racial segregation.

  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott

    A political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation ont eh public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. Ended on December 20, 1956, when the United States SUpreme Court declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitiutional.

  • Affirmative Action

    Also known as positive discrimination or employment equity, it is the policy of providing special opportunities for, and favouring members of, a disadvantaged group who suffer from discrimination. It was first introduced by President John F. Kennedy on March 6, 1961 to promote actions that achieve non-discrimination. President Johnson required the government to use this action in 1965.

  • Death of Medgar Evers

    African-American civil rights activist form Mississippi who worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. After being assassinated, dieing from a gun shot to the heart, Evers lives on as a prominant black leader.

  • March on Washington

    Also called "The Great March on Washington", this march was one of the alrgest political rallies for human rights in United States history. An estimated 200,000-300,000 participants gathered to listen to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, which called for an end to racism. The march is credited with helping to pass the Civil Rights Act (1964) and create more equality among different races.

  • Death of JFK

    Kennedy was fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Piece of civil rights legislation in teh United States that outliawed discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, workplace, and facilities that served the gerneral public.

  • Death of Malcolm X

    Malcolm X was an African-American advocate for the rights of blacks. Malcolm X was shot 21 times as he was preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unitiy in Manhattan's Audobon Ballroom. His assassination lead to people rallying in the fight for eaquality among different races.

  • Death of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Ray was later exonerated by the Civil Court, where Loyd Jowers, owner of jim's Grill, was found guilty of participating in a conspiracy to kill King with several government officials. King's death prompted riots all over the United States. After his death King became a symbol of black courage, and the ability to overcome racial diversity.

  • Homosexuality is Legalised in Canada

    Bill C-150 passed third reading in the House of Commons. This bill, introduced by Minister of Justice Pierre Trudeau, proposed to decriminalize homosexuality, allow aboriton and contraception, and regulate lotteries, etc. Trudeau defended the bill by telling reporters that "there's no place for the state in teh bedrooms of the nation...what's done in private between adults doesn't concern the Criminal Code."

  • Assault of Rodney King

    African-American construction worker who was beaten by Los Angeles police officers, following a high-speed car chase on March 3, 1991. This created outrage in cities where racial tension was high and rased public concern over how police treat minorities.

  • Case of Delwin Vriend

    Beginning in 1991, when Vriend was fired because of his sexual orientation, Delwin filed a discrimination complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission but was refused because sexual orientation was not protected under the province's human rights code. In 1998 the Supreme Court ruled that provincial governments couln't exclude protection of individuals from human rights legislation on the basis of sexual orientation.

  • First Country to Legalise Same-Sex Marriage

    The Netherlands was the first country to permit same-sex marriage in 2001. Prior to that, Denmark permittes same-sex "registered partnerships" in 1989.

  • Legalisation of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada

    Canada became the fourth country in the world, and the first country outside of Europe to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

  • Death of Trayvon Martin

    17 year old African American high school student Trayvon marton was shot by George Zimmerman, who stated it is was in self-defense.