S Pint Civil Rights Timeline

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  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    A document that announced the separation from Britain, which also had the phrase "all men are created equal"
  • Seneca Falls

    Seneca Falls

    First women's rights convention
  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment

    This amendment abolished slavery of men and women.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    This amendment provided equal protection and rights to all US citizens
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    This amendment prohibits denying voting rights based on race or color
  • Colorado Grants Women right to vote

    Colorado Grants Women right to vote

    Allows women to vote in the state of Colorado
  • Plessy vs Ferguson

    Plessy vs Ferguson

    Supreme Court rules "separation but equal" on racial segregation in public facilities
  • NAACP is founded

    NAACP is founded

    This group fought for the equality of blacks in the United States
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    Prohibits denying voting rights based on sex
  • Executive Order 10450

    Executive Order 10450

    Revoked the 1947 executive order 9835
  • Brown v Board

    Brown v Board

    Supreme Court orders desegregation of public schools
  • One Inc V Olesen

    One Inc V Olesen

    Supreme Court Ruled on free press rights with respect to homosexuality
  • Illinois Repeals Sodomy

    Illinois Repeals Sodomy

    This was the first repeal to decriminalize homosexuality
  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment

    Prohibits poll taxes
  • Civil Rights act of 1964

    Civil Rights act of 1964

    Outlaws discrimination based on race, religion, or sex
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    This act Prohibits racial discrimination in voting
  • Stonewall Inn Riots

    Stonewall Inn Riots

    Riots by gay community against a police raid that day
  • Title IX

    Title IX

    This allowed no one to be denied the benefits of any education program or activity that recieves direct federal aid based on sex
  • APA removes Homosexuality as a mental disorder

    APA removes Homosexuality as a mental disorder

    This announcement declared homesexuality could no longer be diagnosed as a mental disorder
  • Don't Ask Don't Tell

    Don't Ask Don't Tell

    This was the policy on the service of gays in the military
  • Defense of Marriage Act

    Defense of Marriage Act

    Act allows states to refuse to recognize same sex marriage
  • Massuchusetts Legalizes Gay Marriage

    Massuchusetts Legalizes Gay Marriage

    Massuchusetts becomes first state to legalize gay marriage
  • Don't Ask Don't Tell Repealed

    Don't Ask Don't Tell Repealed

    Repeal allows gays to openly serve in the military