Introduction
The NEA recognizes that opening a checking account, managing debt, and making informed financial decisions are important lifelong lessons that all students should learn. However, we also advocate for economics and financial literacy curricula that address the events and policies that have impacted the economic progress of historically oppressed populations in the United States: Native People, People of Color, women, and LGBTQ+ individuals. It is especially crucial to our collective understanding of how oppressed populations have experienced and contributed to this narrative.
The following timelines are structured chronologically by the individual groups who experienced these events and policies. The timelines are not meant to be comprehensive but are intended to encourage deeper discussion within economics and financial literacy curricula.
Timelines
Events and Policies Impacting the Economic Progress of Native Americans and Native Hawaiians
Events and Policies Impacting the Economic Progress of Black Americans
Events and Policies Impacting the Economic Progress of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Events and Policies Impacting the Economic Progress of Latin(o/a/x), Hispanic, and Chican(o/a/x) Americans
Events and Policies Impacting the Economic Progress of Women
Events and Policies Impacting the Economic Progress of LGBTQ+ Individuals
