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A Brief History of Racial and Social Issues Within the US 1950 - Present Day

  • Segregation Legal In US

    Segregation Legal In US
    Segregation is alive and well within US society, including schools.
  • Affirmative Action

    Affirmative Action
    President Johnson issues exectutive order enforcing affirmative action.
  • Sex Discrimination Banned in Schools

    Sex Discrimination Banned in Schools
    Title IX of the Educational Ammendments places a ban on gender discrimination within the school systems.
  • Segregation Allowed Under Specific Circumstances

    Federsl court rules that schools can drop desegregation policy after meetin Green factors
  • Civil Rights Act of 1991

    Civil Rights Act of 1991
    President Bush is pressured into signing bill that acts against damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.
  • No Child Left Behind

    No Child Left Behind
    Federal Law requires schools recieving federal funding to administer yearly testing for all students.
  • Shelby County vs. Holder

    Shelby County vs. Holder
    Suprememe Court Strikes down Section IV of voting rights act leading to a formula for congress to use when determining a state or voiting juisdictions approval requirement before changing voting laws.