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By Series - Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series

51. Canada Invokes War Measures Act Against Quebec Separatists
52. Canada Passes the Tobacco Products Control Act
53. Canadian Bill of Rights Prohibits Sexual Discrimination
54. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Is Enacted
55. Carter Makes Human Rights a Central Theme of Foreign Policy
56. Cassin Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
57. Castro Takes Power in Cuba
58. Ceausescu Is Overthrown in Romania
59. Chávez Forms Farm Workers’ Union and Leads Grape Pickers’ Strike
60. Chávez is Jailed for Organizing an Illegal Lettuce Boycott
61. Chicago Riots Mar the Democratic Convention
62. The Children’s Bureau Is Founded
63. Chile Voters End Pinochet’s Military Rule
64. Chilean Military Overthrows Allende
65. China Crushes Prodemocracy Demonstration in Tiananmen Square
66. China Initiates a Genocide Policy Toward Tibetians
67. China Occupies Tibet
68. China Promises to Correct Abuses of Citizens’ Rights
69. China Suppresses Falun Gong Religious Group
70. China’s Cultural Revolution Starts Wave of Repression
71. Chisholm Becomes the First Black Woman Elected to Congress
72. Cigarette Advertising is Banned from American Television and Radio
73. Citizens Rescue Danish Jews from Germans
74. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 Creates the Commission on Civil Rights
75. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 Outlaws Discrimination in Housing
76. Civil Rights Protesters Attract International Attention
77. The Civil Service Decides that Gays are Fit for Public Service
78. Civil War Ravages Chad
79. Colombian Presidential Candidates Are Killed
80. Commonwealth Created by Statute of Westminster
81. Communists Raise the Berlin Wall
82. Congress Enacts the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
83. Congress Enacts the Bilingual Education Act
84. Congress Enacts the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
85. Congress Establishes a Border Patrol
86. Congress Extends Voting Rights Reforms
87. Congress Formally Apologizes to Japanese Internees
88. The Congress of Industrial Organizations Is Formed
89. The Congress of Racial Equality Forms
90. Congress Passes the Americans with Disabilities Act
91. Congress Passes the Architectural Barriers Act
92. Congress Passes the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
93. Congress Passes the Civil Rights Act
94. Congress Passes the Clean Air Act Amendments
95. Congress Passes the Equal Employment Opportunity Act
96. Congress Passes the Occupational Safety and Health Act
97. Congress Passes the Voting Rights Act
98. Congress Prohibits Immigration of Illiterates Over Age Sixteen
99. Congress Ratifies the National Council on Indian Opportunity
100. Congress Requires Bilingual Elections to Protect Minority Rights