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Civil Rights
“… all men are created equal”
Segregation
De jure segregationJim Crow Laws
De facto segregation
De Jure
De Jure
Equality for African Americans
1. Post – Civil War Amendments13th – Slavery abolished14th – civil rights & due process15th – right to vote
Important Court Cases
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896Separate but Equal Doctrine
Korematsu v. US Brown v. Board of Education – 1954
Civil Rights Laws
Civil Rights Act of 1964Voting Rights Act of 1965Civil Rights Act of 1968
Key Provisions – Civil Rights Act of 1964
1. Voting 2. Public accommodations 3. Schools 4. Employment 5. Federal funds
Civil Rights for Women
Women’s Rights Convention – Seneca Falls 1848
19th right to vote 1920Feminine Mystique – Betty
Friedan
Education Act of 1972 – Title IXERA denied by state legislatures
Equality based on Sexual Orientation Increase awareness in promoting the
rights of homosexuals No national laws protecting gay rights
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
Joan Baez & Bob Dylan
Equality for other Ethnic Minorities
Hispanic Americans – Cesar Chavez
Asian-Pacific AmericansInternment Camps – Korematsu v.
US
Cesar Chavez
4. Civil Rights MovementBrown v. Board of Education –
1954Martin Luther King
Jim Crow