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Born: August 24, 1945, Elizabeth, NJ

Died: July 6, 1992, New York, NY

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Johnson was born on August 24, 1945, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She was identified as male at birth. However, young Marsha enjoyed wearing clothing made for girls. After a boy sexually assaulted her, she stopped wearing the clothes she loved and felt most comfortable in.

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Johnson was known as the "mayor of Christopher Street" due to being a welcoming presence in the streets of Greenwich Village. From 1987 through 1992, Johnson was an AIDS activist with ACT UP.

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containment- geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II.

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Korean War, conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives.

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The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.

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One of Johnson's most notable direct actions occurred in August 1970, staging a sit-in protest at Weinstein Hall at New York University alongside fellow GLF members after administrators canceled a dance when they found out was sponsored by gay organizations.

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On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.

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Why is Brown vs the Board of Education so important?

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The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.

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25th March 1965: The Selma to Montgomery March ends at the Alabama State Capitol

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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.

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March on Washington - 1963  | Today in History | 28 Aug 16

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an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen.

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Johnson worked to provide food, clothing, emotional support and a sense of family for the young drag queens, trans women, gender nonconformists and other gay street kids living on the Christopher Street docks or in their house on the Lower East Side of New York.

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Why You Should Know About Marsha P. Johnson

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Though some have mistakenly credited Johnson for starting the riots, Johnson was always forthcoming about having not been present when the riots began.

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Earlier this week, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights released “Civil and Human Rights Progress Report: The Biden-Harris Administration and the 117th Congress,” an assessment of how far the administration and the 117th Congress have come — and how far they still have to go — in fulfilling our coalition’s civil and human rights priorities.

The report, which draws on the expertise of our 11 issue-based task forces, documents the progress made on a set of transition priorities that we released following the 2020 election. And while it outlines important leaps forward in ensuring an America that is as good as its ideals, it also urges the administration and lawmakers to address its significant unfinished business.