Social Change in the 1960s and 1970s
1. 1960
-------- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) issues Port Huron Statement Gays fight police at Stonewall Tavern Black Panther Party formed; National Organization for Women (NOW) formed CORE mounts Freedom Rides Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed; Freedom Summer project in Mississippi American Indian Movement (AIM) founded; Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Voting Rights Act passed; Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Young Americans for Freedom founded; Sharon Statement issued Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
2. 1961
-------- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) issues Port Huron Statement Gays fight police at Stonewall Tavern Black Panther Party formed; National Organization for Women (NOW) formed CORE mounts Freedom Rides Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed; Freedom Summer project in Mississippi American Indian Movement (AIM) founded; Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Voting Rights Act passed; Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Young Americans for Freedom founded; Sharon Statement issued Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
3. 1962
-------- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) issues Port Huron Statement Gays fight police at Stonewall Tavern Black Panther Party formed; National Organization for Women (NOW) formed CORE mounts Freedom Rides Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed; Freedom Summer project in Mississippi American Indian Movement (AIM) founded; Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Voting Rights Act passed; Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Young Americans for Freedom founded; Sharon Statement issued Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
4. 1963
-------- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) issues Port Huron Statement Gays fight police at Stonewall Tavern Black Panther Party formed; National Organization for Women (NOW) formed CORE mounts Freedom Rides Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed; Freedom Summer project in Mississippi American Indian Movement (AIM) founded; Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Voting Rights Act passed; Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Young Americans for Freedom founded; Sharon Statement issued Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
5. 1964
-------- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) issues Port Huron Statement Gays fight police at Stonewall Tavern Black Panther Party formed; National Organization for Women (NOW) formed CORE mounts Freedom Rides Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed; Freedom Summer project in Mississippi American Indian Movement (AIM) founded; Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Voting Rights Act passed; Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Young Americans for Freedom founded; Sharon Statement issued Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
6. 1965
-------- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) issues Port Huron Statement Gays fight police at Stonewall Tavern Black Panther Party formed; National Organization for Women (NOW) formed CORE mounts Freedom Rides Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed; Freedom Summer project in Mississippi American Indian Movement (AIM) founded; Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Voting Rights Act passed; Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Young Americans for Freedom founded; Sharon Statement issued Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
7. 1966
-------- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) issues Port Huron Statement Gays fight police at Stonewall Tavern Black Panther Party formed; National Organization for Women (NOW) formed CORE mounts Freedom Rides Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed; Freedom Summer project in Mississippi American Indian Movement (AIM) founded; Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Voting Rights Act passed; Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Young Americans for Freedom founded; Sharon Statement issued Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
8. 1968
-------- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) issues Port Huron Statement Gays fight police at Stonewall Tavern Black Panther Party formed; National Organization for Women (NOW) formed CORE mounts Freedom Rides Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed; Freedom Summer project in Mississippi American Indian Movement (AIM) founded; Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Voting Rights Act passed; Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Young Americans for Freedom founded; Sharon Statement issued Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
9. 1969
-------- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) issues Port Huron Statement Gays fight police at Stonewall Tavern Black Panther Party formed; National Organization for Women (NOW) formed CORE mounts Freedom Rides Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed; Freedom Summer project in Mississippi American Indian Movement (AIM) founded; Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Voting Rights Act passed; Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Young Americans for Freedom founded; Sharon Statement issued Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
10. 1973
-------- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) issues Port Huron Statement Gays fight police at Stonewall Tavern Black Panther Party formed; National Organization for Women (NOW) formed CORE mounts Freedom Rides Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed; Freedom Summer project in Mississippi American Indian Movement (AIM) founded; Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Voting Rights Act passed; Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Young Americans for Freedom founded; Sharon Statement issued Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom