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<br />CIVIL RIGNTS MlLESTONES
<br />civilrightr, pl.n. — Righcs belonging �o a person by vir�ue of his on c�r sta�us as a citizen
<br />Alchough many citizcns oF �6c Uni�cd S�accs cake �heir civil righ�s For gran�ed �oday, in truth, �he securing of rhese rights has of�en
<br />been as a rcSUl� of a long, hard-Foughr 6acd� Eor lcgal pro�ec�ion of �hose who were seen to differ in somc way from �hc social norm_
<br />Some oE �he major achicvemcnts in securing che civil rights of all U. S. ci�izens are ou[lincd btlow;
<br />19th Amendmen[ to the Consticu�ion, 192Q
<br />Supreme Court Ruling, 1954
<br />Supreme Court Ruling, 1955
<br />Equal �ay Act of 1963
<br />Civil Righu Act af 1964, Titie VI
<br />Civil Rights Act of 1964, Tide VlI
<br />voting Righ�s Act of 19G5
<br />Age Discrimination in Employmenc
<br />Act of 19G7
<br />Civil Righcs A�t of 19G8
<br />Amendments to Higher Education
<br />Act of 1972, Tide IX
<br />Rehabilitation Att of I973, Secrion 504
<br />Rehabilitation Acc of 1973, Section SU3
<br />Equal Employment Opportunity
<br />Guidelines of 1980
<br />Americans Wich Disabilities Act of i990,
<br />Title I
<br />Americans With Duabiliues Act of 1990,
<br />Tide II
<br />Guaranteed nativnwide voting righ�s For womcn.
<br />In Brown u Bd. ofEducation, found that segregacion in public stf�ools is
<br />uncons[itutional.
<br />Faund that segrcga�ion in public parks and playgrounds is unconsti�u�ional.
<br />Provides equal pay for equal �vork to alE employecs in all organizations, rcgard-
<br />less of sex.
<br />Pro�ects re�ipients of federal financiaE assistan�c from aiscrimination on the
<br />basis of race, �olor, or nationa! origin.
<br />Protects employees in organiza�ions wieh morc �han l5 empioyees frorn
<br />discriminarion on �he basis oF race, color, religion, na�ional origin, sex, or
<br />having filed a complain� of discriminacion.
<br />Guaranceed voting rigE�ts for ail ci�izens.
<br />Prohibits discrimination in campensation, �erms, condi�ions, and privileges of
<br />employment, and s�a�us oFemployee on the basis of age Eor employees between
<br />40 & 70.
<br />Prohibe�s discrimination in housirtg and real es�ace sales_
<br />Protects s�udencs and employees of educational institucions recciving federal
<br />Funds from discrimination on the basis of sex.
<br />Provides rha� recipients of services from organizarions rcceiving federal funds
<br />cannot be discriminated against on the basis of handicap.
<br />Protects employees providing servi�es which are Eunded in any par� by federai
<br />funcls from discrimination on thc basis oFhandicap.
<br />Interpre�ed Ticle VII of che Civil Righcs Ace of 1964 to forbid sexual
<br />harassmenr, vitwing it as a form of sex discr'sminazion_
<br />Building on [he Civil Righ�s Act of 19G4, guarantees equal opporcuniry in
<br />employrnen[ for ptople wirli disabilities in all organizacions wi[h more rhan 15
<br />employees_
<br />Building on the Civil Righcs A�r of 19G4, guarantees equal access to public
<br />accommodations, public �ransportation, s�ate and local governmenc services,
<br />and �elecommuniea�ions for people wi�h disabiliries.
<br />Minnesota's Human Rights Act Prohibi�s discriminarion in employment in all organizaEions on �he basis of
<br />race, color, �reed, religion, age, sex, national origin, sexual orieneation, marital
<br />sza�us, disabiliry, reliance on public assis�ance, and membership or activiry in a
<br />local human righcs commission.
<br />SPonsored by DH5 Diversity Cauncil �f/97
<br />Also prohibi�s discrimina�ion in housing, pu6lic accommodacions, education,
<br />receip[ of public servitcs, and gran�ing credi[ far many of t�e pro[ected classes
<br />;:sced under empioymenc. Discrimination is prohibi�ed in business dealings on
<br />�he basis of race, color, sex, disabiliry, and so�uaJ orien�ation_
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