1. Civil Rights “… all men are created equal”

2. Segregation  De jure segregation Jim Crow Laws  De facto segregation

3. De Jure

5. Equality for African Americans 1. Post – Civil War Amendments  13 th – Slavery abolished  14 th – civil rights & due process  15 th – right to vote

6. Important Court Cases Plessy v. Ferguson 1896  Separate but Equal Doctrine Korematsu v. US Brown v. Board of Education – 1954

7. Civil Rights Laws  Civil Rights Act of 1964  Voting Rights Act of 1965  Civil Rights Act of 1968

8. Key Provisions – Civil Rights Act of 1964 1. Voting 2. Public accommodations 3. Schools 4. Employment 5. Federal funds

9. Civil Rights for Women Women’s Rights Convention – Seneca Falls 1848 19 th right to vote 1920 Feminine Mystique – Betty Friedan

10. Education Act of 1972 – Title IX ERA denied by state legislatures

12. Equality based on Sexual Orientation Increase awareness in promoting the rights of homosexuals No national laws protecting gay rights

13. Gay Marriage Nine states & D.C. allow Gay Marriage California ? 29 states have a constitutional ban on Gay Marriage Defense of Marriage Act – (DOMA) 1996

15. Joan Baez & Bob Dylan

16. Equality for other Ethnic Minorities Hispanic Americans – Cesar Chavez Asian-Pacific Americans  Internment Camps – Korematsu v. US

17. Cesar Chavez

18. 4. Civil Rights Movement  Brown v. Board of Education – 1954  Martin Luther King

19. Jim Crow