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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 ...
Civil rights activists and Smith's friends and family disputed the law enforcement accounts of the incident. Local organization Communities United Against Police Brutality held a press conference near the shooting site on June 4 to call for officials to release video footage and other details of the shooting.
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 ...
Looby, a Nashville civil rights lawyer, was active in the city's ongoing Nashville sit-in for integration of public facilities. May – Nashville sit-ins end with business agreements to integrate lunch counters and other public areas. May 6 – Civil Rights Act of 1960 signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In the longer term, advocates and supporters of the LGBTQ community are backing the proposed Fair and Equal Housing Act, which would amend current civil rights law to ban discrimination on the ...
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 ...