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Declaration of Independence
The DOI is the first place to explain Civil Rights. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman -
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CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE
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13th Ammendment
This was the abolishment of slavery, taking a stand on civil rights of slaves and blacks. -
14th Ammendment
Granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. -
15th Ammendment
Granted black men the right to vote -
Colorado becomes first state to grant women the right to vote
This was the first time in U.S. history that a state referendum had passed women's suffrage into law. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Separate but equal schools for blacks and whites. -
NAACP is founded
Black civil rights organization. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination" -
19th Ammedment
Granted women the right to vote. -
Excecutive Order 10450
Mandated the firing of all federal employees who were determined to be guilty of “sexual perversion.” Over the next two decades, thousands of gays and lesbians would loose their jobs solely because of their sexual orientation. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Made it so separate public schools for black and white students are to be unconstitutional -
One, INC v. Olesen
First 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 becpmes first state to repeal its sodomy laws.
Until this, it was illegal to engage in any sexual acts if gay. -
24th Ammendment
You used to have to pay a "poll tax" in order to vote. This ammendment made it so prohibited to take any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. This document was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
Prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Stonewall inn riots
a group of gay customers at a popular gay bar in Greenwich Village called the Stonewall Inn, who had grown angry at the harassment by police, took a stand and a riot broke out. -
Title IX
Equality in sports for males and females in federally supported schools. -
APA removes homosexuality as a mental disorder
The APA claimed that they made the change because new research showed that most homosexual people were content with their sexual orientation, and that as a group, they appeared to be as well-adjusted as heterosexual people. -
Defense of Marriage act
law that denies legally married same-sex couples -
Massachusetts leagalizes gay marriage
Marriage is equal between all people. -
Don't Ask Don't Tell
U.S. military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy that prohibits anyone who demonstrates a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts from serving in the armed forces. -
Don't ask don't tell is repealed
Americans now no longer need to hide who they love in order to serve the country they love
