150 Years of Human Rights in Minnesota
Key Events from 1857 to 2003
Key Events 1857 - 2003
1857 MINNESOTA CONSTITUTION WRITTEN
1861 - 1865 MINNESOTA IN CIVIL WAR
1862 DAKOTA CONFLICT
1865 13TH AMENDMENT/ SLAVERY/ LINCOLN
1865 JIM CROW LAWS (1865 - 1967)
1866 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 1866
1867 STATE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION CREATED
1875 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1875 (ELIMINATED -- CONTENT IS DUPLICATIVE)
1886 MARTHA RIPLEY FOUNDED MATERNITY HOSPITAL
1889 LAWYER FREDRICK MCGHEE ARGUES FIRST CASE IN MINNESOTA
1898 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
1898 FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED TO THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
1904 ROBERT “BOBBY” MARSHALL: U OF M FIRST BLACK ATHLETE
1905 CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER NELLIE STONE JOHNSON BORN
1914 - 1918 WORLD WAR I (AND ROLE OF MINORITIES IN WAR)
1920 WOMEN VOTE
1920 DULUTH LYNCHINGS
1922 KLAN IN MINNESOTA
1924 INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT
1927 BLACK SOCIAL CLUB CREATED
1930 JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL
1937 PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT ESTABLISHED
1941-1945 AMERICA IN WORLD WAR II - ROLE OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES
1943 GOVERNOR THYE CREATES INTERRACIAL COMMISSION
1948 HUBERT HUMPHREY ENACTS NATION'S FIRST MUNICIPAL FAIR EMPLOYMENT LAW
1948 HUBERT HUMPHREY MAKES PLEA FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
1953 NATIVE AMERICAN RELOCATION
1959 RONDO NEIGHBORHOOD REMOVED
1960 PICKETING OF WOOLWORTH'S IN ST. PAUL FOR INTEGRATED LUNCH COUNTERS
1962 BULLDOZING OF MEXICAN COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA
1963 INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL CREATED
1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
1967 MARTIN LUTHER KING SPEAKS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
1967 BROWN BERETS/CHICANO STUDIES CAMPAIGN AT U OF M
1968 AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT FOUNDED
1969 MINNESOTA'S FIRST PUBLIC GAY ORGANIZATION STARTED AT U OF M
1969 BLACK STUDENTS TAKE OVER BUILDING AT U OF M
1975 SE ASIAN IMMIGRANTS BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN U.S.
1977 ROSALIE WAHL: FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE ON STATE SUPREME COURT
1987 PLAYWRIGHT AUGUST WILSON WINS PULITZER PRIZE, TONY AWARD
1990 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT PASSED
2002 IMMIGRATION TO MINNESOTA REACHES HISTORICAL HIGH
