Later Civil Rights Advancements

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Later Civil Rights Advancements Ch. 18 Sec. 5 Essential Question: What did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and Affirmative Action do?

Civil Rights Act of 1968 Also known as Fair Housing Act Banned discrimination in rental and sale of housing Civil Rights Act of 1968

To speed up school desegregation, courts ordered schools to bus students to other schools besides their neighborhood schools Migration of whites to suburbs which increased African American power in cities such as Detroit, L.A., Atlanta, Cleveland, Washington School Busing

Preference to minorities and women in hiring and admissions in jobs and college Meant to make up for past discrimination Highly debated issue Does this solve past discrimination? Affirmative Action

Things Have Improved but…. More African American elected officials than ever before More African Americans graduating from school and living out of poverty African American President Is there racism, discrimination, and stereotypes still today? Examples. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cCQU0jt4cs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyL5EcAwB9c Things Have Improved but….