The Civil Rights Movement Review Do now: Take out review materials
Essay - Tuesday Study goals and methods used by civil rights movement Introduction Goals and methods used Impact on society Conclusion
I. African American Rights 1. methods Non-violence, passive resistance, peaceful 2. civil disobedience Break unjust laws- example: sit in,marches, protests, boycotts 3. Dr. King – goals/ methods Equality (voting, education, job opportunities,respect) full rights by peaceful means
4. Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) “separate but equal” Legalized Jim Crow and segregation 5. Results of Brown decision (1954) Overturned Plessy “separate is inherently unequal” Ended legal segregation
6. Civil Rights Acts Bars discrimination 7. Voting Rights Act Ended voting restrictions (literacy tests etc)
8. Montgomery Bus Boycott / Rosa Parks Refused to give up seat; arrested Began successful, year-long boycott Led to end of segregated buses Impact: People see the success of organized protests
9. Black Muslims – Malcolm X Question Dr. King’s methods Want changes faster 10. Black Power Movement / Black Panthers More militant Urge for separate state
11. Busing Purpose was to achieve racially balanced schools Very controversial 12. Defacto segregation Separation based upon neighborhoods 13. de jure segregation Separation based on law for example: Jim Crow laws
II: Women’s Rights Showed they were valuable contributors to war 1. 19th Amendment and WWI Showed they were valuable contributors to war Suffrage – 1920 2. Impact of civil rights movement Showed how organized protests can be successful
3A. Equal Pay Act Equal pay for equal work 3B. Civil Rights Act Can’t discriminate based on gender (religion, national origin, race, ethnicity, age….) 3C. Title IX Part of educational code Equal funding for women’s sports
Gender discrimination (based on male/female status) 5. Gender equity (equality) Gender discrimination (based on male/female status) 6. Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1950s Impact Began Women’s Rights Movement for equality
National Organization for Women 7. NOW National Organization for Women Fights for gender equity 8. Gloria Steinem Founded Ms. Magazine Job titles changed to be gender neutral
III. Rights of other groups 1. Native Americans Wanted equality, hunting and fishing rights Land rights 2. American Indian Movement (AIM) Protests to gain rights 3. Goal of current federal policies Have Native Americans control their lives more
5. Cesar Chavez and UFW Better conditions and rights for migrant farm workers 6. Rights of disabled / special needs ADA Greater access to transportation Educational reforms
7. Mainstreaming Bring students with special educational needs into the classroom in the least restrictive environment
IV. Miscellaneous Baby boom after WWII Need for more space and housing 1. Growth of suburbs – Why? Baby boom after WWII Need for more space and housing 2a. GI Bill Loans for education and housing 2b. Levittowns Cheap, prefabricated housing in a grid
2c. Needed cars for suburban growth city center Suburban – outside city Rural – farthest from center; farms/countryside
Essay (Tuesday) Goals of the Civil Rights Movement Leaders Methods used Impact of the movement on society
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