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Declaration of Independence
Led to our independence. Justified our right to revolt against a government that no longer guaranteed us our natural rights. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Worked at obtaining women's equal rights -
13th Amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, -
14th Amendment
Addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws -
15th Amendment
Granted African American men the right to vote. -
Colorado becomes first state to grant women the right to vote
Women had to fight for the right to vote in Colorado. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
The state of Louisiana enacted a law that required separate railway cars for blacks and whites. -
NAACP is founded
An African-American civil rights organization who sought to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. -
19th Amendment
Granted American women the right to vote—a right known as woman suffrage. -
Executive Order 10450
It revoked President Truman's 1947 Executive Order 9835 and dismantled its Loyalty Review Board program. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Overruled segregation in schools, declaring that it was "inherently unequal" to maintain separate institutions. -
One, Inc v. Oleson
First U.S. Supreme Court ruling to deal with homosexuality and the first to address free speech rights with respect to homosexuality. -
Illinois becomes first state to repeal its sodomy laws
Adopted the recommendations of the Model Penal Code and thus became the first state to remove criminal penalties for consensual sodomy from its criminal code. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
Prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Stonewall Inn Riots
Series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid. They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the US. -
Title IX
No one shall be excluded from participating any federally funded education program or activity based on sex. -
APA removes homosexuality as a mental disorder
Originally listed as a "sociopathic personality disturbance", homosexuality was "upgraded" to a mere "sexual deviation". -
Dont Ask Dont Tell
Kept military personnel from discriminating against or harassing people of different sexual orientations. -
Defense Of Marriage Act
United States federal law that allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages. -
Massachussetts legalizes gay marriage
It was the first U.S. state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. -
Dont Ask Dont tell is repealed
Eliminated the Dont Ask Dont Tell Act
