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1997 Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits
1994 Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals 1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) 1983 U.S. District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination 1980 U.S. Justice Department sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination 1978 Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected 1974 Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application 1972 President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports 1971 State of Washington becomes 1st state to ban sex discrimination 1971 Washington State bans sex discrimination 1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing 1957 New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1955 India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable 1951 NAACP begins attack on school segregation and discrimination 1946 U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel 1945 New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment 1943 U.S. forbid racial discrimination in war industry 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination 1940 Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. Armed Forces 1933 NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination |
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