Subcategories - Human Rights

  1. Gregg v. Georgia
  2. Roe v. Wade
  3. A. H. Robins Must Compensate Women Injured by the Dalkon Shield
  4. A. Philip Randolph
  5. African Americans Riot in Watts
  6. African Convention Expands the Definition of Refugees, An
  7. Africans Arrive in Virginia
  8. Aileen Clarke Hernandez
  9. Albania Opens Its Borders to Foreign Nationals
  10. Algeria and Egypt Crack Down on Islamic Militants
  11. Algeria Gains Independence
  12. Algeria Holds its First Free Multiparty Elections
  13. The American Civil Liberties Union is Founded
  14. Amin Regime Terrorizes Uganda
  15. Amnesty International Exposes Cruelty of Death Penalty
  16. Amnesty International Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
  17. Amnesty International Is Founded
  18. Amnesty International Starts Program to Prevent Torture
  19. Andrei Sakharov
  20. An APA Report Discusses the Homeless Mentally Ill
  21. Arab Terrorists Murder Israelis at Munich Olympics
  22. Argentina Conducts “Dirty War” Against Leftists
  23. Argentine Leaders Are Convicted of Human Rights Violations
  24. Arias Sánchez Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
  25. Armenian Genocide
  26. Armenians Suffer Genocide During World War I
  27. The Atlantic Charter Declares a Postwar Right of Self-Determination
  28. Atrocities Against Congolese Laborers Are Exposed
  29. Attica State Prison Riots
  30. Autoworkers Negotiate a Contract with a Cost-of-Living Provision
  31. The Balfour Declaration Supports a Jewish Homeland in Palestine
  32. The Baltic States Fight for Independence
  33. Barbie Is Tried for Nazi War Crimes
  34. Bartolomé de Las Casas Publishes Brief Relation of the Destruction of the Indies
  35. Basques Are Granted Home Rule but Continue to Fight for Independence
  36. Battle of Wounded Knee
  37. Beijing Hosts U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women
  38. The Belgian Government Annexes the Congo
  39. The Berlin Wall Falls
  40. Bern Conference Prohibits Night Work for Women
  41. Bhutto Becomes the First Woman Elected to Lead a Muslim Country
  42. Biafra’s Secession Triggers Nigerian Civil War
  43. Bill Russell
  44. Black Leaders Call for Equal Rights at the Niagara Falls Conference
  45. The Black Panther Party Is Organized
  46. Bloody Sunday
  47. The Blue Lake Region in New Mexico is Returned to the Taos Pueblo
  48. Bolsheviks Suppress the Russian Orthodox Church
  49. Botswana Natives Given Limited Representation by Advisory Councils
  50. Bourlag Receives the Nobel Prize for Work on World Hunger