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