This Day in History - July 19clipped by: righthand 
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July
19, 1848
The
first Women's Rights Convention in the U.S. was held at
Seneca Falls, New York.
Its "Declaration of Sentiments" launched the movement
of women to be included in the constitution.
When
suffrage finally became a reality in 1920
only one
signer
had lived long
enough to cast her first ballot.
1958
Several
black teenagers, members of the local NAACP chapter
entered downtown
Wichita’s Dockum Drug Store
The store refused to
serve them because of their race
This was the first instance of a sit-in to protest segregationist
policies
1974
Martha
Tranquill of Sacramento, California, was sentenced
to nine months’ jail time for refusing to pay
her federal taxes as a protest against the Vietnam
War.
1993
President
Bill Clinton announced regulations to implement his "Don't
Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gays in the military,
saying that the armed services should put an end to “witch
hunts.” The policy was developed by Gen. Colin
Powell
as “don’t ask, don’t
tell, don’t pursue, don’t harass.”
2000
Tags: usa, history
clipper's remarks: July 19, 2000 A federal administrative law judge ordered white supremacist Ryan Wilson to pay $1.1 million in damages to fair housing advocate Bonnie Jouhari and her daughter, Dani. The decision stemmed from threats made against Jouhari by Wilson and his Philadelphia neo-Nazi group, ALPA HQ.
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