Suggested events for poster project:
- The signing of the first bi-lateral labor agreement with Italy (1955)
- The arrival of the millionth guest worker in Germany (1964)
- The Ford Strike of 1973
- Publication of Showing our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out (1986)
- The fall of the Berlin Wall (1989). (How did the unification of Germany affect minority communities, particularly considering the subsequent rise in xenophobia and racism?)
- Riots in Rostock (1992) and arson attack in Solingen (1993)
- Germany declares itself as a country of immigration (2005)
- Angela Merkel becomes the first female leader of Germany (2005)
- The final decriminalization of homosexuality in Germany and the abolition of Paragraph 175 (1994)
- The legalization of same-sex marraige in Germany (2017)
- Women gain the right to vote in Germany (1919), Austria (1919), and Switzerland (1971)
- The legalization of abortion in West Germany (1976) and East Germany (1974)
- Introduction of “third gender” option (“divers”) in Germany for official records (2018)
- #MeToo movement in Germany (2017-today)
- Conchita Wurst, an Austrian drag queen and openly gay man, wins the Eurovision Song Contest (2014)
