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In early 2022, local officials prepared counter-protest measures for potential unrest ahead of the scheduled January 20 start of the federal civil rights trial of J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao—Minneapolis police officers who were at the scene of George Floyd's murder on May 25, 2020.
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
February 1, 2023: Passed the CROWN Act [32] Arkansas: April 10, 2023: Passed the CROWN Act; only applies to educational discrimination in public schools and state-supported higher education institutions. [33] Texas: May 29, 2023: Passed the CROWN Act [34] Michigan: June 15, 2023 Passed the CROWN Act, amending the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act ...
Ohio Issue 1: Abortion rights amendment (Statewide) ... The 2023 tax hike will require homeowners to pay an additional $18 a year for each $100,000 of their home value, going from $25 per $100,000 ...
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.
April 27, 2023. Senate Republicans block a Democratic measure to remove the 1982 deadline for state ratification and move forward with the ERA. Dec. 17, 2024. The archivist and deputy archivist of the United States issue a rare joint statement that ERA cannot be certified without further action by Congress or the courts. Jan. 17, 2025
A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8] [9] including police brutality and other forms of violence. [10]
Civil rights activists speak about the killing of Amir Locke, February 2, 2022. At 6:48 a.m. on February 2, 2022, Minneapolis Police Department officer Mark Hanneman [204] fatally shot Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, while police officers were executing a search warrant at an apartment in downtown Minneapolis. The shooting occurred nine ...