The siege at wounded knee was an event in which the American Indian Movement and the Lakota Nation were trying to make a final stand for their Native rights and reclaim the land. Leading up to sie...
The Equal Rights Amendment states that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. This Amendment was going to be the 27...
On April 11, 1968 president Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968. It was meant to be a follow up of the CRA of '64. The act expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination against ra...
After being released from prison and converting to the islam religion and joined Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam (NOI). Malcom X shortly left the NOI and formed the Muslim Mosque Incoporat...
In June of 1963 the civil rights bill was brought before congress, and in November when Kennedy was assassinated it was still being debated. Johnson, a man with a poor record on civil rights, was e...
The March on Washington was for Jobs and Freedom for African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. also delivered his I have a dream speech. The cause of the march on Washington was that the blacks wer...
The goal of the Equal Pay Act's goal was to eliminate the differences in wages due to sex. This is one of the many rights that women fought for. This amendment was written by the Fair Labor Standar...
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