Justice
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Events and legislation targeted toward legal equity, righting wrongs, balancing societal practices with individual rights, and/or ensuring equitable outcomes.
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June 25 … Executive Order 8802 — signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941 — marked a…
July 9 … The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Amendment XIV) — ratified on July 9, 1868 — is…
July 11 … The Niagara Movement — founded on July 11, 1905 — was a bold and uncompromising call for…
July 13 … Black Lives Matter (BLM) began as the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter and grew into a decentralized movement challenging anti-Black…
June 21 … Guinn v. United States was a landmark Supreme Court decision that struck down racially discriminatory voting laws…
July 26 … Executive Order 9981, signed by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948, was a landmark decision…
July 28 … The Negro Silent Protest Parade of 1917 — commonly referred to as the Silent Parade or Silent…
August 6 … The Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark piece of civil rights legislation that sought to eliminate…
August 6 … The Confiscation Act of 1861 was a landmark piece of legislation during the American Civil War that…
August 21 … On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner and six companions began the Southampton Insurrection — also known as…
August 28 … The March On Washington for Jobs and Freedom — or the Great March On Washington — was…
August 30… The Second Morrill Act of 1890 was a transformative piece of legislation that significantly shaped higher education in…