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National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights: First such march on Washington drew 75,000–125,000 gay men and lesbians to demand equal civil rights. 1979 – November 9 Iran Hostage Crisis: A sign said "Deport all Iranians" and "Get the hell out of my country". 1980 – March 23 Mobilization Against the Draft and Draft Registration
The Fair Housing Act is Title VIII of this Civil Rights Act, and bans discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. The law is passed following a series of Open Housing campaigns throughout the urban North, the most significant being the 1966 Chicago Open Housing Movement and the organized events in Milwaukee during 1967–68.
More than 400 LGBTQ and civil rights groups on Monday urged lawmakers to reject legislation that would bar transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, claiming the measure, which the ...
In early 19th century Britain, the phrase "civil rights" most commonly referred to the issue of such legal discrimination against Catholics. In the House of Commons, support for civil rights was divided, with many politicians agreeing with the existing civil disabilities of Catholics. The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 restored their civil ...
"We're forming a commission that will include other civil rights groups that will study for 90 days, the businesses announcing they're coming out of DEI. You can go with Trump's philosophy, but it ...
March 1965: American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in ...
[176] [177] The deceased was identified as Brandy "June" Knightly, a 60-year-old woman, who was an active with the local Black Lives Matter movement. [178] [179] [180] Racial justice advocates expressed concern over the shooting at what began as a peaceful protest gathering. [181] The shooter faced second-degree murder and other charges. [182 ...
The 1865 Project calls upon us to finish the work started by The Freedman's Bank, recognizing that financial literacy is the civil rights issue of this generation.