1. Ball State: 100 Years of Diversity Office of Institutional Diversity
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2. 1925: Jesse Nixon is the 1st African American Student to graduate from Ball State
1923: Muncie’s Woman’s Association of Commerce established scholarship funds for Ball State Students
1920s
1924: First Gay Rights group is established
1928: Octaviano Larrazolo is elected the 1st Hispanic US Senator
1920- Women gain the right to vote
1924: Indian citizenship act passed
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3. 1930s 1930 Shaffer Chapel Action – no record of Ball State involvement
1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
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4. 1940s
1942: The United States began the detention of Japanese Americans in internment camps
1948: Executive order ends segregation in the Armed Services
1944: First National Congress of American Indians
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5. 1950s
1955: 14 year old Emmett Till is murdered while visiting family in Mississippi
1959 Hiram Fong becomes the 1st Asian American elected to the US Senate
1954: The 14th Amendment is ratified, and Brown v Board of education occurs
1957: Little Rock Nine are blocked from integrating into Central Highschool.
1954 Rosa Parks remains seated on a bus in Montgomery Alabama
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6. 1968: Robert F. Kennedy gives a presidential campaign address at Ball State
1961: Ball State Hillel Club is established
1969: The Ball State Black Student Association is established
1960s
1969: Stonewall Riots spark the modern gay rights movement
1963:Equal Pay Act is passed
Luther King givesMartin his “I Have a Dream” speech
1968: Martin Luther King is assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, TN
1964: Civil Rights Act of is passed
1969: Shirley Chisholm becomes the first black woman to be elected to the House
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7. 1970s 1973: Office of Handicapped Services is established
1970: Ball State does not participate in Kent State protests/strikes
1974: Spectrum (LGBTQ student group) is established
1974: Disabled Students in Action student group is established
1977: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is implemented on campus
1970s
1973: Rehabilitation Act is passed
1975: U.S. Voting Rights Act is passed
1978: Harvey Milk is elected as the first publicly gay politician, is assassinated the same year
1973:Homosexuality is no longer considered a mental illness by the APA
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8. 1980s 1987: The Ball State Latinx Student Union is established
1986: Daily News reports that the majority of Ball State’s accessibility concerns are resolved
1980s
1986: The 1st year that Martin Luther King Day is observed as a federal holiday
1983: Sally Ride becomes the 1st American woman to travel into space
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9. 1991: The Ball State Asian American Student Association is established
1999: The Ball State Muslim Student Association is established
1990s
1994: The Violence Against Women Act is passed
1990: The Americans with Disabilities Act is passed
1998: Matthew Shepard an openly gay college student is beaten and killed in Laramie Wyoming
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10. 2008 The Board of Trustees officially adopts The Beneficence Pledge 2 years after the SGA endorsed it.
2004: JoAnn M. Gora becomes the 1st woman to serve as Ball State University President
2003: Grutter v. Bollinger occurs (which upheld Ball State’s affirmative action admission policy)
2000s
2009: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act is established
2008: Barrack Obama is the first African American elected as President of the United States.
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11. 2010s 2016: Ball State’s Freedom Bus mobile museum makes it debut
2018: Ball State launches gender inclusive housing
2017: Lactation rooms are created at Ball State
2018: Ball State designates “expectant mothers” parking spaces
2010s
2015: Same Sex marriage is legalized nationwide
2017: The Equality Act is passed
2010: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is repealed
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