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Civil Rights Legacy

Civil Rights Legacy. Identity Politics in America 1960s and 70s. AIM American Indian Movement Takeovers (1969) Alcatraz (1972) Bureau of Indian Affairs (1973) Wounded Knee Increased ethnic pride, but not a lot of support. Native Americans. Latino Americans. Chicanos Cesar Chavez

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Civil Rights Legacy

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  1. Civil Rights Legacy Identity Politics in America 1960s and 70s

  2. AIM American Indian Movement Takeovers (1969) Alcatraz (1972) Bureau of Indian Affairs (1973) Wounded Knee Increased ethnic pride, but not a lot of support Native Americans

  3. Latino Americans • Chicanos • Cesar Chavez • United Farm Workers • strikes • boycotts • personal hunger strike

  4. Women and Feminism • 1950s -- the pill • Betty Friedan • Feminine Mystique • NOW • Miss America • Gloria Steinem • (1965) Griswold v. Connecticut • (1973) Roe v. Wade • (1973) ERA Amendment • Provides legal equality for the sexes

  5. Gay Americans • 1969 Stonewall Riot • 1st Gay Pride March 1 year later • 1979 - 1st known attendance at a prom • By 1979, 40 cities had extended employment protections

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