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The Holocaust created widespread recognition for Jewish suffering such that it became unthinkable to discriminate against Jews. The commonly cited number is ~6 million dead, with many more imprisoned, expropriated, or otherwise persecuted.
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Dalits in India are still considered “untouchable” to this day, even if not legally (the status was abolished in 1950). They still face systemic discrimination in India. Pro-Dalit politicians, like B.R. Ambedkar, were sidelined in the administration of India after independence.
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Indigenous peoples in North and South America still do not have full sovereignty over their territory, and landback movements are still considered “extreme”.
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Palestinians were forced from their homes in the Nakba after Zionist settlers took control of the former Mandatory Palestine, and they have not been able to return, even to this day in 2025.
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Gay relationships became more common in the 70s and 80s. They became mainstream only in the 2000s, but the momentum was there in the latter half of the 20th century.
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The Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965) formally ended the era of Jim Crow in the southern US. These landmark laws were part of a long and ongoing process in the struggle for civil rights.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama as part of an organized civil rights protest. -
250,000 people organized by civil rights leaders, pastors, and other activists marched on Washington, DC to demand civil rights. -
An amendment to the Criminal Code of Canada decriminalized sodomy between consenting adults 21 or older. -
Gay patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought against a police raid of that business, leading to a new chapter in the fight for gay rights.