The Stonewall Inn Riots in 1969 helped birth the modern LGBTQ rights movement.

Audre Lorde dedicated her writing and life to social justice causes, including the rights of the LGBTQ movement.

Juneteenth commemorates the very first day in which all Black Americans in formerly Confederate territories knew that they were free people.

Bayard Rustin was openly gay when he organized the march in Washington, D.C. during which Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

This year marks the 86 anniversary of the conviction of Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Eunice Hunton Carter is the Black woman who found a way to take him down. 

More than 110 years ago, Alice Stebbins Wells, a married mother of three, became the first woman to join the Los Angeles Police Department 

John Baptiste Jourdain once dominated newspaper headlines, but his legacy has been forgotten. His family wants the world to know his story 

Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary, put her safety on the line to dismantle racial segregation in Southern schools.

Bass Reeves was one of the greatest lawman of the old West, but until recently he was a historical footnote. Now Hollywood is telling his story. 

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Oxygen.com asked four trailblazing Latinas to talk about their professional experiences in our system of law and order. Carmen Ortiz, a form US Attorney under President Obama and prosecutor who believes that victims and defendants deserve equal rights within the criminal justice system.