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The Triangle Shirtwash Factory Catches Fire
In Manhattan, New York City workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, workers there had been trying to get better wages and improved working conditions, the fire resulted in the tragic loss of nearly 150 young women and girls, and the deaths unified female labor reforms. -
The KKK Marches in Washington
The KKK marched in Washington to symbolize the Nadir of Race Relations which was a bad era from 1890-1940, during this period white Americans were very racist, and during this time majority of the towns in the north were all white. -
Barbara Johns Walks Out
In Farmville, Virginia, a sixteen-year-old girl named Barbara Johns and 4 hundred students walked out of their school to boycott classes until the local all-white School Board addressed their complaints. -
Emmett Till Is Murdered
A teenage boy named Emmett Till was killed in Mississippi because his killers thought he flirted with a white woman, Emmett's story brought nationwide attention to racial violence. -
The Birth Control Pill Is Approved
The birth control pill transformed society
because it made people think differently about women’s capacity to control their bodies and participate as equal members of society. -
The Children March in Birmingham
Children protested against segregation in Birmingham, they were attacked by dogs and sprayed with water cannons. -
The Americans With Disabilities Act Is Signed
The Americans With Disabilities Act recognized people who are disabled are a part of society no matter their disability, and this is thought of as one of the most major achievements of the 20th century.