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.
Upcoming Events
November 13 … Browder v. Gayle was a landmark Supreme Court case that played a pivotal role in the civil…
November 14 … In the early morning hours of November 14, 1960, three young African American girls — the McDonogh…
December 1 … On December 1, 1955, a Black seamstress named Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, AL and…
December … The Cambridge Movement was a pivotal local struggle that expanded the civil rights agenda to include economic justice,…
December 5 … Boynton v. Virginia was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case in 1960 that played a crucial role…
December 18 … The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Amendment XIII) permanently abolished slavery in the United States and…
January 10 … The expulsion and later reinstatement of the Original 33 African-American legislators in the Georgia General Assembly during…
February 1 … On February 1, 1960, a group of young men now known as the Greensboro Four, African American…
February 3 … The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Amendment XV) — ratified on February 3, 1870 — was…
February 5 … The Atlanta Student Movement was a pivotal force in the American civil rights struggle of the early…
February 12 … The Memphis Sanitation Strike started as a quest for basic dignity, fair pay, and union recognition, but…
February 12 … The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was one of the earliest federal laws to enforce slavery across…