The History of Civil Rights in the US and Canada: Every Year

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This video maps out the progress of civil rights movements in the US and Canada regarding of abolishing slavery, minority rights, women's rights, and LGBT+ rights. Not every aspect can be shown.

Important note: segregation laws existed before 1871 but aren't shown until then to avoid cluttering the map.

13th Amendment: Ended legal slavery.
14th Amendment: All citizens are equal under the law.
15th Amendment: You can vote regardless of race.
19th Amendment: Women can vote.

[EmperorTigerstar]

Goes without saying that disrespectful comments will be removed. You know who you are and what I mean. Enjoy the video.

[xenonmax]

Wyoming was the first state to fully give women the right to vote because it wasn’t hard to convince all 6 people living in the state

[superpacocaalado]

Mexico : It's ok to be gay, but women can't vote
Athens : My man !

[JJMcCullough]

Marriage isn't a provincial jurisdiction in Canada, so it was kind of an odd situation when courts were declaring gay marriage legal in specific provinces during the early 2000s. It forced the federal government to act, which is why parliament revised the federal definition of marriage in 2005, and then SSM became legal everywhere.

[justsomestuf]

I love how Canada is almost completely monochrome the entire way through whilst the US looks like abstract art



Edit: Look guys, I know why it's like that, and I never said one was better than the other, I was just pointing it out, now please chill

[AlexanderPallares]

Mexico: It's ok to be gay
Also Mexico: Women can't vote.

[eldelostacos]

*1840's Kentucky*: So women can vote here?

*Well yes, but actually no*

[Abcflc]

The mind-blowing thing for Millennial and Gen Z is how recent LGBT rights truly are and how hostile the environment was, even during the 90s.

[idkjustchangingmyname]

Man, as a new orlenian it depressed the hell out of me to see my state turn from banning slavery to allowing it. We aren’t responsible for our ancestors mistakes but videos like this help me at least realize how susceptible we are to falling for them again. Thank you.

[AlternateHistoryHub]

Mexico really was stubborn on that whole "women voting" thing weren't they.

[Kardia_of_Rhodes]

"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."
- Winston Churchill

[manov_denis]

2:20 *Mexico has it’s own opinion for everything*

[Jack]

"All men are created equal" took 200 years to live up to that. All men excluded:

Native Americans
African Americans
Asian Americans
Indentured servants
Those who didn't own land
Non Christians
Arabs
Indians
Irish

"Some men are created equal" was more accurate.

[AndrewVasirov]

1786: Women can vote in the USA!
1787: "Whoops, by 'all men are created equal' I meant only male humans. My bad"

[JeffHMobile]

So women couldnt vote in Mexico but homosexuality was decriminalized thats kinda strange

[somestickmanboi]

"So segregation is still legal?"

Mexico and Canada: *Well yes*

[ali_da_one]

I know this video is outdated but i would like to say Canada banned conversion therapy nationwide in 2022 😊

[bogdanshymanovski]

0:49
Mexico: bans slavery
Texas: *no*

[ericnorris]

Ontario, 2003: People are now allowed to marry their partner, no matter if they are gay or straight

Texas, 2003: Gov't is telling us we gotta be okay with y'all being gay

[TheUsuallySilentOne]

México: we're OK with women fighting and giving their lives for the revolution

Also Mexico: but we're not okay with giving women the right to vote for at least 3 more decades