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The Decleration of Independence announced the seperation of the 13 colonies from the British in 1776 to create the United States.
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Seneca Falls was the first womens right convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious conditions and rights of women. This lead to more conventions later on.
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The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
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The 14th Amendnment addresses citezenship rights and grants everyone equal right to protection under the US consititution.
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The 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
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In November of 1893, Colorado was the first state to allow women the right to vote.
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Upheld the racisl segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of seperate but equal.
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The NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored Poeple. This is an African American civil rights organization in the US to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all perosns to eliminate racial discrimination.
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The 19th Amendment gave all American women the right to vote.
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Executive Order 10450 charged the heads of federal agencies with investigating federal employees to determine whether they posses security risks.
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Brown Vs. Board of Educaton banned segregation in public schools. It established that seperate but equal was unconstitutional.
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One, Inc, V, Olesen was the first supreme court case to address homosexuality and free speech rights with respect to homosexuality.
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Sodomy Laws defined certain sexual acts as crimes. Illinois was the first state to repeal their sodomy laws.
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The 24th Amendment prohibits congress and the states from conditioning the riht to vote in federal elections on payent of poll tax.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed descrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
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The Stonewall Riots were a series of spontatious violent deminstrations by memebers of the gay community against police raids.
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Title IX grants that no individual shall be discriminated against or denied participation in any educational program or activity recieving federal financial assistance.
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In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association disclassified homosexuality as a mental disorder.
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Don't ask don't tell is the policy on service by gays and lesbians in the military. This policy prohibited military personnel from discriminating against closeted gay or lesbian individuals while barring openly gay indivduals.
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The Defense of Marriage Act is the US federal law that allows states to refuse to recognize same sex marriages granted under the law of other states.
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The state of Massachusetts legalized same sex marriage.
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In septemeber of 2011, Don't ask don't tell was repealed.
