1. Other Minority Movements
Women, Mexican-Americans, and Native Americans

2. Other Minority Movements
Other minorities were inspired by African Americans and their fight for equality
Women had been fighting for their rights since the early 1900s and were successful with achieving voting rights with the 19th amendment
Women still not on an equal playing field with men in terms of employment, education, and political representation

3. Other Minority Movements
Women take a page from the Civil Rights Movement by creating their own group
N.O.W.: National Organization for Women (1966)
This group pushed for equal pay in the workplace, opportunities for advancement, and equal representation in politics

4. Other Minority Movements
PIC

5. Other Minority Movements
Hispanic-Americans joined in the fight for equality as well
Hispanic-Americans were looked down upon and were denied equality in employment and education.
Most Latinos worked as migrants or as underpaid farm workers

6. Other Minority Movements
Cesar Chavez emerges as a civil rights leader for Hispanic-Americans
He organizes a group to fight for Hispanic-American rights known as the:
U.F.W.: United Farm Workers (1962)

7. Other Minority Movements
PIC

8. Other Minority Movements
Most Hispanic-Americans picked grape and lettuce, were underpaid, and worked in far worse conditions than white farmworkers
The U.F.W. helped Hispanic-American farmworkers achieve higher wages and better working conditions

9. Other Minority Movements
PIC

10. Other Minority Movements
One final minority group is going to fight for their equality as well
Native Americans at this time remained mostly poor, unemployed, and uneducated

11. Other Minority Movements
These conditions will lead them to create their own group
A.I.M.: American Indian Movement (1969)
This group helped to achieve equal employment opportunities and other rights now granted to all minorities because of the Civil Rights Movement

12. Other Minority Movements