Timeline of Diversity Milestones

1940's: World War II
1942 - 1945	More women and minorities join the American workplace due to World War II http://www.nps.gov/rori

1950's: Baby Boom/Desegregation
05.17.1954	Brown vs. Board of Education

1960's: "New Frontier"
1962	Cesar Chavez forms the National Farm Workers Association http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Chavez.html
06.10.1963	Equal Pay Act of 1963 http://nc.essortment.com/equalpayact_rvwx.htm
07.02.1964	The Civil Rights Act of 1963 http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/129/79.html
09.24.1965	Affirmative Action Policy http://www.infoplease.com/spot/affirmative1.html
1967	The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 http://www.elinfonet.com/ADEAsum.php Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to purchase a seat on the NYSE http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0880023.html

1970's: Vietnam War
1973	Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 http://www.jan.wvu.edu/links/rehab.htm
1975	The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/age.html
1978	The Civil Service Reform Act http://jobsearchtech.about.com/library/weekly/aa060302-2.htm June 28, 1978 - Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0841421.html

1980's: Conservative Generation ("me" generation)
1980	Russell Means became the first American Indian to own and operate a radio station, KILI http://www.russellmeans.com
1987	Joy Cherian became the first Asian American appointed to the U.S. EEOC http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/35th/milestones/1987.html

1990's: Age of Information
1990	Title 1 and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-ada.html Franklin Raines became the first African American CEO of a Fortune 500 company when he takes over Fannie Mae.
July 1993	Don't Ask. Don't Tell Policy
1997	Majorie Scardino was the first woman to head a top 100 firm on the London Stock Exchange July 3, 1997 - Catherine Elizabeth Hughes became the first African American woman to head a firm publicly traded on the NYSE http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0880022.html
1999	Cara Carleton Fiorina took on the role of CEO and President of Hewlett Packard making it the largest company in America run by a woman. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0880007.html Umang Gupta is the first Indian-American to take a company public on NASDAQ

2000's
06.23.2003	Barbara Grutter v. Lee Bollinger et al (University of Michigan Affirmative Action Case) http://www.npr.org/news/specials/michigan
May 2003	Arturo Moreno is the first Hispanic majority owner in professional sports http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/influentials/details.asp?id=670&year=2003
02.04.2004	Ban on Gay Marriage Lifted http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/18/samesex.marriage.ruling