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26-3 NEW APPROACHES TO CIVIL RIGHTS
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Legal discrimination gone, little improvement in daily lives Problems lack of access to good jobs adequate schooling Affirmative Action companies and institutions actively recruit African American employees/students/etc.
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PROS AND CONS
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ALLAN BAKKE University of California medical school 16 slots, higher score University of California v. Bakke, 1978 5 to 4
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGENTS V. BAKKE Also said schools could use racial criteria as part of their admission process, but not fixed quotas
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BUSING Segregated schools stemmed from neighborhoods To desegregate schools, busing began “White flight” to private schools began
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PUSH People United to Save Humanity Jesse Jackson, 1971 Purpose register voters develop African American businesses increase educational opportunities
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CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS African American members of Congress Legislative concerns of African Americans Health care economic development crime and safety
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HISPANICS 1970s 9 million in US Migration reasons Communism Jobs Mexican Americans Largest group farms
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UNITED FARM WORKERS Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Grape boycott Wanted better working conditions
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LA RAZA UNIDA New political party in Texas “the United People” 1969, Angel Gutierrez Job training programs and access to financial institutions for Hispanics
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BILINGUALISM Promoted by Hispanic students and political leaders teaching immigrant students in their own language while learning English Bilingual Education Act in 1968
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NATIVE AMERICANS Less than 1% of the US in 1970 Began to organize in late ’60s and early ’70s Grievances Low income High unemployment Discrimination Limited education Short life expectancy
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AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT (AIM) Militant group did not want Native Americans to assimilate Occupied Alcatraz Island 19 months in 1969 Occupied Wounded Knee, SD for 70 days in 1973 Wanted changes in administration of reservations Wanted US gov’t to honor treaties Ended violently, clashed with FBI
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1968 –Indian Civil Rights Act Gave residents of reservations protection of the Bill of Rights, still recognized reservation law 1975 – Indian Self- Determination and Education Act $$ education Native Americans involved in policy decisions Land and water rights victories TED talk TED talk SUCCESSES FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
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