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The Cuban American Adjustment Act allows Cubans who lived in America for at least a year to become permanent residents.

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The Grape Boycott is the most important social justice movements for farm workers in the united state s

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Cesar Chavez and Dolores huerta found the United Farm Workers association which became the most important union in the nation.

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Dr. Kristina Johnson is appointed as the first openly gay Chancellor of the state University of New York

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Betty Friedan wrote the Feminine Mystique and it helps found the National Organization for Women

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In 2013, the military removes a ban against women serving in combat positions

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New York State passes the Marriage Equality act and it was signed into law

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By 2000, interracial marriage was legallized in all fifty states, Alabama being the last one to legalize it

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Martin Luther King made a speech against segregation and treating everyone equally, which means employing equally as well

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The March on Washington was for jobs and freedom and it was led by civil rights leaders to protest discrimination

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Montgomery Bus Boycott where African American people refused to ride buses to speak against segregation. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man in a segregated bus so she was a key player in this.

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The American Civil Liberties Union made a Lesbian and Gay Rights Project and worked to coordinate gay rights legal programs.

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Ruby Bridges was the first person to attend an all white school. Even after Brown V. Board, people were very against the idea.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the voting Rights Act into law. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior brought hundreds of black people to the courthouse to fight voter equality.

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Breedlove V. Suttles upheld the poll tax and it ruled that the state may have the conditions it deemed appropriate.

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Mendez V. Westminster (1947)- Sylvia Mendez was a key player in desegregating schools. She allowed Brown V. Board to happen. The case declared the separation of Mexican student unconstitutional.

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Title IX of Civil Rights Act- People, based on sex, cannot be discriminated against in their education.

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Equal Pay Act of 1963- made it illegal to pay men and women working in the same place different salaries for the same work. (But people still do this)

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Obergefell V. Hodges (2015)- requires states to license and recognize same sex marriage.

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Loving V. Virginia- prohibits governments from discriminating against people on the basis of race.

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Bailey V. Patterson- stopped racial segregation of transportation facilities

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion or sex. However it was a law, socially it wasn't really followed. It was impactful because it ended segregation in public places.

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Fair Housing Act of 1968- it prohibited discrimination with the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion and sex.

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Bostock V Clayton Country was an employer allegedly firing an employee because of their sexuality. This case protects employees against discrimination because they're part of the LGBT community. This case took place in 2020.

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Brown V Board. It allowed black kids to go to white schools and schools began to desegregate.

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The Voting Act of 1965 was signed in 1965 which outlawed these discriminatory practices.

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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.