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When police officers entered a house on-call for a disturbance, they walked in on a same-sex couple engaging in intercourse. They were arrested, but challenged the legitimacy of the decision claiming it violated their fourteenth amendment rights. The Supreme court ruled in favor of them, forever barring states from creating anti-sodomy law.

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A largely liberal-backed bill proposing an amendment to the Civil Rights Act to include the protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender. The bill has currently passed the House of Rep., but is still working to pass the Senate.

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Pete Hernandez was indicted for the murder of a white man in by an all white jury, which he claimed that the state barred Latino-Americans from jury duty. The decision on the court case ruled in favor of Hernandez, claiming that Latino's should be protected under the fourteenth amendment.

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A piece of legislature banning the discrimination of pay based on sex. Rolled out during the Johnson administration, the act targeted pay inequalities largely present at the time.

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Banding together, a group of homosexual couples came together to petition the courts on the legitimacy of denying marriage certificates to same-sex couples, objectively violating the 14th amendment. The court ruled in favor of the couples, in a 5-4 decision that redefined marriage in the US.

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A landmark Supreme Court Case involving an interracial couple (Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter) marrying in the District of Columbia, and coming back to Virginia and being sentenced to prison. The following court case ruled in favor of the couple, changing the legal standard on interracial marriage.

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Although previously mentioned, Brown v. Board had further impact than just the school system. The ruling in the case penned by Earl Warren found "measurable inequalities" between the divided facilities and overall quality. This sentiment planted the seed for reevaluation of more inequality within environments, becoming a revolutionary landmark case.

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JFK had a strong drive for civil rights action within legislation, but his assignation would bring about a new player: Lyndon B. Johnson. President Johnson took a hardline against inequity among racial lines, and took action through pushing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, banning discrimination based on sex and race in employment.

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49 out of 50 states in the 1960s had anti-sodomy laws, essentially banning expression of LGBT all the way until the 2000s. The risk of being outed held both legal and social ramifications, essentially ruining careers and putting people in prison based around the accusation of someone being homosexual.

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The agriculture of the western United States had long been held together by immigrants, largely Latino, and were viewed as farmhands. They worked for cheaper wages, but this precedent went to the extent of underpayment of workers in back breaking conditions. Even at this time, illegal immigration was still on the public conscious.

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The US was constricted to the conservative minded society it had developed into, keeping women within the roles of housemaker, which was the norm. As women developed more choice through birth control, they delayed maternal duties and had high ticket jobs, which met resistance through the form of inequity in the workplace.

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The uphill battle for "taboo" relationships of the time was largely societal, but just as equally legal. 22 states had barred interracial marriage, and homosexual relationships were illegal in 49 states at the time, creating issues involving discriminatory attacks against couples. The 1883 ruling in the Pace v. Alabama case saw punishment for interracial relationships as justified and not in violation of the 14th amendment, prolonging any work towards progress within racial boundaries.

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Segregation stemming from the Jim Crow Era paired with Supreme Court Justice Harlan's ruling setting the "separate but equal" benchmark posed the largest obstacle from dismantling segregation at the lowest levels, and would require a new case to reset the status quo.

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The socioeconomic state of minorities post reconstruction was atrocious, with most African Americans being denied positions in more "renowned" positions, relegating them to meager positions in occupations such as agriculture in the Deep South. However, the death of African American Medgar Evers in 1963 spurred action within the legislative bodies.

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The fight for the desegregation of schools took many years of settling for lesser education until it was finally brought to the attention of lawmakers by Oliver Brown. Attacks on children even associating with white places of conduct were severely punished or even killed, making this fight difficult when handling the legal "separate but equal" doctrine of the time.

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Oliver Brown's daughter walked to school, but the part of town he lived in was across town from the closest black school. He instead petitioned the court to allow his daughter to enroll in a white school nearby his home. The case became a landmark for segregation policy, almost a platform for which the work of Jim Crow could begin to be resolved with.

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Voter qualification was left up to the state in the original framework of the constitution. This meant that states could roll out any requirements they deemed reasonable, leaving PLENTY of room for discrimination towards poorer African Americans, who had lower literacy rates.

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President John F. Kennedy finally called for an end to the poll tax in 1962, with the ratification of the 24th amendment in 1964. This stated that a citizens right to vote could not be denied based on failure of a literacy test or inability to pay a poll tax

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People who are LGBT are being arrested for simply being open about their sexual orientations and fired for being open at their jobs.

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Latin American immigrants and workers in the U.S. are working in difficult conditions as laborers and experiencing very poor pay, threats to their citizenship, and intimidation.

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Women are beginning to leave the household norm and instead work in corporate and other white-collar jobs. Unfortunately, they are being treated as lessers to men, being intimidated or treated differently, being paid less, and still expected to take care of the family.

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Interracial and non-heterosexual relationships are a serious taboo and even illegal in many states. Certain marriage laws prevent the government licensing of certificates to interracial couples and there are no states that allow licenses being issues to LGBT couples.

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Since Plessy V. Ferguson there has been widespread segregation and discrimination in public facilities like transportation, restaurants, and bathrooms. The segregated places are clearly not equal even though they are separate.

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Throughout the country African Americans and LGBT are being discriminated against in employment opportunities and even housing just because of their skin color or sexual orientation. There are no laws preventing such practices.

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Plessy V. Ferguson has nationally allowed states to segregate school systems to keep races to their own schools. However, the schools are clearly not equal, which prevents Black communities from having equal opportunities.

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Although the 15th Amendment regulates that all states must allow citizens of all races to vote, different states have created laws that have directly kept African Americans from voting including poll taxes and literacy tests.