February, 1965 April, 1968

July, 1967

Assassination of Detroit Riot, 43 deaths and over Assassination of Martin

Malcolm X at the 7,000 arrests Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Movement: black text
Audubon Ballroom
March, 1965 National Organization of Women: blue text
April, 1968
Lavender Menace Movement: grey text
Selma-Montgomery
March
Gay Liberation Front: red text
After the assassination of Martin
Luther King Jr., riots broke out
August, 1965 leading to a push for the
congress to pass the Fair
Housing Act, which was a
success.
Watts Riots in
Los Angeles,
resulted in 34
deaths

June, 1966 1967 1968 May, 1969 August, 1970 1971 1973

NOW becomes the first
The National Organization
organization to endorse
of Women was established
the legalization of
abortion
October, 1966
Women protested “Rights
Shirley Chrisholm
for Women Week” with
became the first black
signs that read, “rights,
congresswoman
not roses”
“Women’s Strike for
NOW recognizes that NOW establishes task
Equality March” took
lesbian rights are “a force that stands for
place in celebration of
legitimate concern of sexuality and lesbianism
the 50 years after the
feminism”
19th amendment was
passed

NOW holds their founding

conference and Betty
Friedan is elected
president 1969 1971
1970

At a NOW meeting, Betty A group of lesbians

Friedan referred to lesbians as Lesbianism was
attended the “Second
a “lavender menace” within accepted into the NOW
Congress to Unite
feminism after 3 years of protesting
Women” meeting and
acted as if they were
1969 with the NOW. When the
lights turned off, they
revealed their glow in the
dark T-shirts reading,
The first “Lavender “Lavender Menace”
Herring” T-shirt was
made

July, 1965 April, 1966 June, 1969 June, 1970 December, 1973 January, 1974

The first Gay Pride Parade

Picketers stand outside Members of the Mattachine took place in Central Park. The American The first openly gay
of Independence Hall The Stonewall riot took This event was celebrating Psychiatric Association women was elected
society conducted a “sip-in”
for a gay rights protest place in Greenwich Village the first anniversary of the declared to remove to congress
at the Julius bar to protest
the law against selling to Stonewall riots homosexuality from the
homosexuals because they list of mental illnesses
were seen as “disorderly”