equality

Title IX women’s equality law marks 40th anniversary

The measure, an amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, prohibited gender inequality in federally funded education programs and institutions.

Gay pride parades celebrate “landmark year”

Under sunny skies and seas of rainbow flags, millions of Americans participated in gay pride parades across the country June 24, celebrating what many are calling a "landmark year" in advances for gay, lesbian, bisexual and...

Today in labor and peoples history: Custer’s Last Stand

Labor and people’s history: Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner murdered in Mississippi

On June 21st, 1964 in Mississippi civil rights activists Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner went missing.

14th Amendment passed: Oscar Dunn inaugurated Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

On June 13, 1866 the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting citizenship to African Americans was passed by Congress. Two years later, on the same day, Oscar James Dunn was elected Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana. Dunn,...