| 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
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/USA/BrownEd.htm |
| 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/fir.html |
| 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.
http://www.donsmcclureconsultants.com/concept_049.htm |
| July 1993 |
Don’t Ask. Don’t Tell Policy
http://www.facts.com/icof/i00062.htm#I00062_00 |
| 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 |
