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Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010

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Allowed for people to be openly gay in the military

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Made it illegal for business to fire employees based on sexual orientation

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Supreme court decision that ruled gay marriage legal

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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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A mexican-American that played a key role in the fight for mexican-American civil rights.

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Supreme court ruling that ruled that hispanic students being put in hispanic only schools was unconstitutional.

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The chief justice of the US from 1953-1969 that supported desegregation

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A supreme court case that ruled that mexican-Americans are protected under the 14th amendment.

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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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Worked for Goodyear Tire and when she found out she was making ~$1000 less then the men in the same position she sued Goodyear and won.

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Gave workers protections against pay discrimination.

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The law aimed to abolish wage differences based on gender

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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 lesser to men, being intimidated or treated differently, being paid less, and still expected to take care of the family.

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This act made it so that it was illegal to discriminate based on race.

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Even though it had officially ended around this time, some places still had the laws implemented for years after.

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Jim Crow laws were implemented by mostly southern states (but they were found around the country) which basically made segregation legal.

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Supreme court decision that ruled gay marriage legal

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A supreme court decision that ruled that laws banning interracial marriage were unconstitutional.

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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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The chief justice of the US from 1953-1969 that supported desegregation

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This supreme court ruling declared that schools will no longer be segregated.

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The famous black woman that refused to move from her seat on the bus and got thrown off of it. She sparked and took part in the bus boycott that followed.

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People refused to take the bus because of the company's policies on racial segregation. The boycott worked and colored people could sit where they wanted.

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Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964)

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Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964)

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This supreme court case ruled that it is illegal to discriminate based on race in public accommodations

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Cannot segregate on interstate transportation services.

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This act made it so that it was illegal to discriminate based on race.

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Even though it had officially ended around this time, some places still had the laws implemented for years after.

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Jim Crow laws were implemented by mostly southern states (but they were found around the country) which basically made segregation legal.

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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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Made it illegal for business to fire employees based on sexual orientation

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Made it illegal to discriminate who can buy and sell houses based on race, sexual orientation.

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Even though it had officially ended around this time, some places still had the laws implemented for years after.

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Jim Crow laws were implemented by mostly southern states (but they were found around the country) which basically made segregation legal.

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This act made it so that it was illegal to discriminate based on race.

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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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MLK was a black civil rights activist, famous for his speeches and his peaceful marches he did to help the fight for equality.

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Even though it had officially ended around this time, some places still had the laws implemented for years after.

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This act made it so that it was illegal to discriminate based on race.

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Banned more obstacles to voting and this law included other minority groups that were not included in the 1965 act.

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This law banned obstacles like literacy tests from being a requirement to vote.

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The law was passed for the nation saying that no citizen should be denied the right to vote because of any type of poll tax.

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Jim Crow laws were implemented by mostly southern states (but they were found around the country) which basically made segregation legal.

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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.

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He is the man that sued for not being allowed to send his black daughter to an all white school, launching the famous Brown vs Board of Education supreme court ruling.

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This act made it so that it was illegal to discriminate based on race.

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9 African American students, supported by the NAACP become the first black students to attend an Arkansas all white school.

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This supreme court ruling declared that schools will no longer be segregated.

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Plessy vs 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.