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End of World War 1
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Founding of League of Nations
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Crash of Wall Street Stock Market
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White Mobs Attack Filipino Farmworkers in Watsonville, California
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The Star Spangled Banner is adopted as National Anthem
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President Franklin Roosevelt Signs Discriminatory National Labor Relations Act
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Philip Randolph officially proposes a March on Washington
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Dr. Charles Drew becomes first African American Surgeon
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Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play major league baseball
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
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Little Rock Nine
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Bloody Sunday
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Stonewall Riots
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The movie "Watermelon Man" is released
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Jesse Jackson organized Operation PUSH
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Wisconsin passes the first lesbian and gay civil rights bill in the United States
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Renée Richards plays in US Open tennis tournament as a woman
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National march on Washington for lesbian and gay rights
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Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman to serve on the Supreme Court
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Wisconsin passes the first lesbian and gay civil rights bill in the United States
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Dr. Sally K. Ride is the first American woman to be sent into space
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Los Angeles Race Riots Erupt
Four Los Angeles police officers were recorded beating an unarmed black man. A few hours after the video was released, protests turned to violence in Los Angeles, California. These riots grew into the most destructive U.S. civil disturbance of the 20th century. -
Family and Medical Leave Act goes into effect
An Act To grant family and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances. It's important because it requires that employers hire employees for up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for good reasons including the birth of their child. -
Defense of Marriage Act goes into effect
President Clinton signs the Defense of Marriage Act, which is a federal law that denies recognition of same-sex marriages and authorizes states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages licensed in other states. -
Massachusetts legalizes same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage is now legally recognized in Massachusetts as a result of the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health. It was ruled that it was unconstitutional under the Massachusetts Constitution to allow only opposite-sex couples to marry. -
Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman elected speaker of the House of Representatives
Nancy Pelosi, the first woman Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, presented the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History with historic objects. This event is the first major effort to document women in American politics. -
California legalizes same-sex marriage
California is the second state to legalize same-sex marriage. California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as result of the Supreme Court of California ruling in In re-marriage cases. The ruling was that they found that keeping same-sex couples from marrying violated the state's Constitution. -
The Paycheck Fairness Act goes into effect
It is a proposed US labor law that would add protections to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Fair Labor Standards Act as part of an effort to address the gender pay gap in the United States. It's important because it is helping to secure equal pay for equal work for all Americans. -
Supreme Court Rules that all 50 states must allow same-sex marriage
