1. Ch 31: Sec 3 More Civil Rights

2. 1968  MLK Jr. is assassinated… Is the Civil Rights Movement over? Affirmative Action Civil Rights Act 1964 = federal law making all discrimination illegal Minorities still did not have equal access to jobs and education 1965, LBJ = Affirmative Action  companies doing business with the government must “actively recruit” African Americans (later would include other minorities and women) Did affirmative action work? Was it a good thing?

3. Affirmative Action How it can be good… 1973 = Atlanta GA  1 st Af. Am. Mayor Maynard Jackson Af Am pop in ATL = 50%, working on government contracts? Only 1%! Jackson used Affirmative Action to push companies to hire more Af. Ams.  25% employed

4. Affirmative Action How it can be bad… 1969, Nixon = companies “must show” affirmative action…how?? Racial Quotas  Reverse Discrimination? University of California Regent v. Allan Bakke (1978) Allan Bakke = white student, applied to medical school = denied. He finds out that the school had racial quotas, meant that minority students with lower test scores were getting in just because of their race.

5. Maynard Jackson Allan Bakke Protest of the Bakke Case

6. Immigrant Rights

7. Migrant Worker = travels farm-to-farm for work. Key Figures = Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta Organized United Farm Workers 1 st time migrant workers were guaranteed pay for a job!..but it did not come easy. 5 yr Grape Boycott forced farm employers to work with the unions.

8. Ch 31: Sec 4 1960s Environmentalism & Consumerism

9. In the 1960s people started to realize that some consumer products were unsafe and/or wasteful In the 1960s people started to realize that the environment was deteriorating 1960s Environment Rachel Carson = wrote “Silent Spring”  all about how the pesticide DDT was killing all the birds Result = DDT Banned Three Mile Island = Harrisburg PA Nuclear plant leaked radiation! Town had to evacuate. Result = push for stricter plant inspection 1960s Consumerism Ralph Nader = wrote “Unsafe at Any Speed”  by 1990 all cars had to have airbags Andy Warhol = famous POP Artist Pop Art = focused on popular cultural items

10. Andy Warhol’s Pop Art