<P> President Jimmy Carter appointed Andrew Young to serve as Ambassador to the United Nations in 1977, the first African American to serve in the position . Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars racial quota systems in college admissions in 1978, but affirms the constitutionality of affirmative action programs giving equal access to minorities . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> 1520 Sedgwick Avenue where DJ Kool Herc threw his first parties in the Bronx, New York City in 1973, considered to be the birth of hip - hop . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The cast of The Jeffersons in 1976 . The Jeffersons ran from 1975 to 1985, and was the 2nd longest running TV series with a mainly African American cast . </P> </Li> </Ul> <Li> <P> 1520 Sedgwick Avenue where DJ Kool Herc threw his first parties in the Bronx, New York City in 1973, considered to be the birth of hip - hop . </P> </Li> <P> 1520 Sedgwick Avenue where DJ Kool Herc threw his first parties in the Bronx, New York City in 1973, considered to be the birth of hip - hop . </P>

What civil rights changes took place in the 1970s