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CIVIL RIGHTS OVERVIEW

CIVIL RIGHTS OVERVIEW. Outlawed segregation in public schools. Brown vs Board. Civil Rights Lawyer (argued for Brown in Brown vs. Board) First African American on the Supreme Court (served for 24 years ) . Thurgood Marshall.

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CIVIL RIGHTS OVERVIEW

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  1. CIVIL RIGHTS OVERVIEW

  2. Outlawed segregation in public schools. Brown vs Board

  3. Civil Rights Lawyer (argued for Brown in Brown vs. Board) First African American on the Supreme Court (served for 24 years) Thurgood Marshall

  4. The President takes over the Arkansas National Guard to allow nine students to attend school. Crisis at Little Rock

  5. The Murder of Emmitt Till Mose Wright pointing to the man who killed Till

  6. Rosa Parks/Bus Boycott

  7. Southern Christian Leadership Conference that used non-violence tactics to promote Civil Rights. MLK and SCLC

  8. Greensboro Sit-In

  9. One of the most important civil rights organizations. It participated in many important events, such as Sit-ins, Freedom Rides, etc. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

  10. Civil Rights Activists who rode on buses through the South to challenge segregation. Freedom Rides

  11. The 1st Black student admitted to the University of Mississippi, a key moment in Civil Rights history. James Meredith

  12. The governor of Alabama stood at the door of the University of Alabama to prevent desegregation. “Stand In School House Door”

  13. King and other protesters are arrested in Alabama over a several day period for marching. The images of fire hoses, police dogs, and police brutality shock the nation. Birmingham March/Campaign-

  14. Several hundred thousand people rally in to protest about jobs and freedom MLK delivers his “I Have A Dream” Speech. March on Washington 1963

  15. 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

  16. Freedom Summer

  17. In response to the murder of a demonstrator (Jimmy Jackson), King and others plan a 50 mile protest. Selma to Montgomery Marches

  18. The Murder of James Reeb

  19. Civil Rights Acts of 1964-68 • These civil rights laws outlawed discrimination overall, (race, color, religion, sex, national identity), in voting and housing.

  20. King in Chicago(1966)

  21. King’s Poor People’s Campaign (1968)

  22. Assassination of King (1968)

  23. Urban Violence Watts Riot=Police arrests led to a several day riot in which 34 people were killed (1965).

  24. Kerner Commission Government study that concluded that White racism was the cause of urban violence.

  25. A black Muslim organization that promotes the separation of blacks from whites. Nation of Islam

  26. Civil Rights leader who promoted self-defense and separation from whites. Malcolm X

  27. Activist who preached the idea of black power, and blacks taking complete control of the civil rights movement. Stokely Carmichael

  28. A political party that preached self-defense and self-sufficiency for blacks. Black Panthers

  29. 2nd-Wave Feminism • 1st Wave ?? • Feminism - the belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men. • Goals=unofficial & official inequalities, workplace, family rights, & reproductive rights, • Betty Friedan & Feminine Mystique (’63) -Attacked the notion that women could only find fulfillment through homemaking and childbirth-labeling it…“the problem that has no name”

  30. Founded in 1966 “to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men." Women’s liberation movement that sought to end sex discrimination in the workplace.

  31. E.R.A.-Equal Rights Amendment passed by Congress in 1972. • Guaranteed that both men and women would have the same rights and protection. • Conservative backlash/anti-feminists prevented ratification by the states. • Arguments against • Women could be drafted • Unisex bathrooms • Same-Sex Marriage

  32. Phyllis Schlafly • The U.S. Constitution is not the place for symbols or slogans, it is not the proper device to alleviate psychological problems or personal inferiority. It would be a tragic mistake for our nation to succumb to the tirades and demands of a few women who are seeking a constitution cure for their personal problem.

  33. A.I.M. • Founded in 1968 with the purpose of taking an aggressive approach to approving conditions and lessening discrimination for Native Americans. • Hostile Takeovers instead of sit-ins • Bureau of Indian Affairs & Wounded Knee

  34. The Longoria Affair

  35. Cesar Chavez

  36. Cesar Chavez • Civil Rights Activist who fought for better working conditions and rights for farm workers

  37. La Causa • In the 60’s he organized a boycott of the Delano grape growers to improve pay. • The movement grows into UFW (United Farm Workers) • In the 70’s he is involved with strikes with lettuce and grape growers. • In the 80’s he focuses on the dangers of pesticides.

  38. “Non-violence really rests on the reservoir that you have to create in yourself of patience, not of being patient with the problems, but being patient with yourself to do the hard work.”

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