Equality Timeline by Mason McArthur https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg Scroll to view en-us 2025-09-04 17:02:59 UTC 2025-09-08 16:44:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f39e.png Harvey Milk (1977) mmcarthur27 https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3569313407 In 1997, Harvey Milk was the first openly gay official elected to office. His election brought hope to members of the LGBT community, as they were experiencing overwhelming hostility from many sources. Unfortunately, a year after he was elected, he was assassinated.

]]> 2025-09-04 17:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3569313407 Roe v. Wade (1971) mmcarthur27 https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3572500991 An anonymous entity prosecuted Henry Wade in 1971, arguing against a Texas law that would make abortion illegal. "Jane Roe" argued that abortion was protected under the Fourteenth Amendment, whilst Wade argued over the "possibility of life." The result of this case was that the extent to which a state may regulate abortion is directly associated with the Pregnancy's Trimesters, with younger (non-sentient) fetuses being the woman's right to choose. Whereas with older fetuses, the state may regulate or entirely deny the abortion.

]]> 2025-09-07 19:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3572500991 March on Washington DC (1963) mmcarthur27 https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3572517099 Over 150,000 people gathered in Washington to protest for equal rights for African Americans. They fought for equal pay, housing, and employment. Martin Luther King Jr. also gave his iconic "I have a dream" speech in this event.

]]> 2025-09-07 20:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3572517099 Amendments 13-15 (1865) mmcarthur27 https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3572519493 The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments Abolished Slavery, Guaranteed Civil Rights Under Law, and Ensured voters could not be discriminated against based on color, respectively.

]]> 2025-09-07 20:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3572519493 Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) mmcarthur27 https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3572525511 Due to Rosa Parks being arrested for not giving up her bus seat for a white person, many colored Americans decided to forego using the public (segregated) bus system in protest. This resulted in Congress ruling segregation unconstitutional in 1956.

]]> 2025-09-07 20:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3572525511 Extension of 1964 Civil Rights Act for LGBTQ citizens (2020) mmcarthur27 https://padlet.com/mmcarthur27/fnfyoi1syfk31rbg/wish/3572528793 In Bostock vs Clayton County, the court ruled that, although there was no explicit mention of LGBTQ protections, the 1964 Civil Rights Act would also provide the same equal protections for LGBTQ citizens.


(I actually never heard of this one; This is so tuff of the US government fr)

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