The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline This timeline provides information about the gay rights movement in the United States from 1924 to the present: including the Stonewall riots; the contributions of Harvey Milk; the "Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell" policy; the first civil unions; the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ New York; and more. 1924 The Society for Human Rights in Chicago becomes the country’s earliest known gay rights organization. 1948 Alfred Kinsey
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Many Americans have struggled in their lives to be treated equally. These struggles were highlighted during the civil rights movement. There were significant factors that contributed to the growing momentum of the civil rights movement in the 1960’s‚ which highlighted the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ which required equal access to public places and outlawed discrimination in employment‚ was a major victory of the black
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The Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement had three main goals: to end segregation‚ to gain civil rights laws‚ and for equality for all. The civil rights movement that started in the 1960’s was a success for the African Americans because of their visible protesting‚ the changing of minds‚ and laws‚ and setting the stage for the future generations. However‚ throughout this long process that still continues today‚ there were many deaths and misfortunate events that have occurred. Events such
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11-12-2014 Women’s liberation movement of the 1960’s Imagine what the life of a woman was before the 1960’s. The life that she had called her own was beyond far from perfect‚ and this was just behind closed doors. These ladies were denied of what basic rights they had‚ they were then trapped in a home that they created not just for themselves‚ but also for their family‚ and not to even mention the discrimination that they faced in the workplace. Then‚ here come the 1960’s in full swing‚ these women
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1. Mayflower Compact - 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America - Set up Plymouth colony. 2. The Pilgrims - Separatists who believed that the Church of England could not be reformed–Plymouth colony 3. The Puritans - Non-separatists – Wanted to purify the Church of England - Massachusetts Bay Colony 4. William Bradford - A Pilgrim‚ the second governor of the Plymouth colony‚ 1621-1657.
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twenty percent decline in agriculture economy over fifty years‚ the farming community grew smaller and less organized by the day an easy target for abusive monopolies to pick on (Document G). The national political scene was impacted by the farmers movements; however the
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During the 1950’s and 1960’s the United States of America called for a change in society. This change led to the Civil Rights movement1. The Civil Rights movement was movement in which black people urged for equality with the whites. While the Civil Rights Movement was in full stride‚ Black Power came to be2. The Black Panther Party took on the idea of “Black Power” believing in a pure black society and used violence to do so3. The Black Panther Party thought that violence was the way to gain equality
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1. Federal land grants- Recognizing that western railroads would lead the way to settlement‚ the federal government provided railroad companies with huge subsidies in the form of loans and land grants. The government expected that the railroad would make every effort to sell the land to new settlers to finance construction. 2. Transcontinental railroad-During the Civil War‚ Congress authorized land grants and loans for the building of the first transcontinental railroad totie California to the
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The Organized Labor Movement It was in the 1800’s‚ that the United States started to gain considerable wealth because of industrial expansion. Along with this it provided a wider variety of cheaper goods. Then economic growth started to cause issues‚ the people working were struggling to survive. Women‚ immigrants and minorities faced discrimination (Lapsansky-Werner 91). Immigrants started to take up a large portion of the workforce because they were willing to work for low wages and that was
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Andrew March 6‚ 2007 Intellectual Property What is intellectual property? Intellectual property is the right to protect inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ symbols‚ names‚ and images that come from the mind. Intellectual property laws give individuals the exclusive rights to patent his/her own ideas. In the article "Copyright Crusaders" by: David Gibson‚ David Gibson talks about three claimants who all copyrighted their versions of the same idea. The idea was the "footprints in the
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