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The 1964 Civil Rights act prohibited discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion or national origin.
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Also know as Title VII, the Bilingual Education Act becomes law, recognizing the needs of limited English speaking students
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Martin Luther King Jr., was an activist who became perhaps the most well known leader in the civil rights movement. He was assassinated in April 4th, 1968
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Although associated mostly in the benefit of women in sports, Title IX prohibited discrimination based on sex in all aspects of education
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The National Association of Bilingual Education is founded
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The refugee act of 1980 was created to provide a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission to the United States of refugees of special humanitarian concerns
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A national reform of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, it allowed 700,000 immigrants to come to the U.S. per year for the fiscal years '92–'94, and 675,000 per year after that.
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Proposition 187 denied benefits, including public education, to illegal aliens in California
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California passes proposition 227, requiring all classes in school to be taught in English.
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Barrack Obama becomes the first black president of the United States of America
