Non Discrimination Quotes
This quotation shows Washington's amazing tolerance for the times.
This concept of equality was perhaps the most radical and attractive aspect of the new religion of Islam in the 7th century when most of the world was hierarchical and the vast majority of people were in the lower classes. So Islam was a step up for almost all at the time.
Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance
Like Christian Churches, different Jewish Sects had differing views on whether homosexuals should be ordained as rabbis. This Seminary was opposed, hence drawing the protestors.
The great contralto singer, Marian Anderson, an African American, had been refused by the Daughters of the American Revolution the use of Constitution Hall as a venue for her concert based on their White Performers Only policy. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, resigned in protest from the DAR and she and the President asked Secretary Ickes to arrange a public concert at the Lincoln Memorial and he did. There was no Civil Rights Act at the time.
