Other Civil Rights

Movements

1950-1970

I. Women’s LiberationA. NOW, the National Organization of Women,

was founded in 1966

1. It was founded by Betty Friedan, the author of “The Feminine Mystique.”

2.Equal pay for equal work

B. An Equal Rights Amendment

(ERA) was created in 1972

1. It came within three states

of being approved

C. In 1973, the Supreme Court in the case of Roe v. Wade ruled that states could not make laws preventing abortion.

How did the Women’s movement differ from the larger Civil Rights

movement?

II. LGBT rights – Harvey MilkA. City supervisor San

Francisco1. Openly gay

B. Killed by Dan White1. Milk gave White’s

appointment to someone else

C. This brought focus to the gay rights movement

LBGT rights movement gained

momentum after the election of Harvey Milk. Why was his election unique?

III. Native AmericansA. AIM – American Indian MovementB. They seized Alcatraz Island

1. In 1969, a group of American Indians (“Indians of All Tribes”)

o occupied the island.

2. They proposed an ed. center, ecology center, and cultural center.

3. After 18 months, the

government forced them off.

C. 1973 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

1. Protest to oust corrupt gov’t appointed chairman

D. Led to occupation of Wounded Knee

1. 71 day siege received national attention

Why do you think Native-American protest as a pan-

ethnic group instead of

individual tribes?

IV. Cesar Chavez and the UFWA. Cesar Chavez was a union

organizer for farm workers in CA.

B. He started a nationwide boycott of grapes until the owners recognized his union.

1.His union was the United

Farm Workers (UFW)

C. He would finally win better pay and better working conditions for the farm workers.

Larry Itliong & Philip Vera Cruz

A. Co-Founders of the UFW

1. Mexican and Filipino farm workers which represented the Filipino-dominated Agricultural Workers Organizing (AWOC) Committee and the Mexican-dominated National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)

B. Initiated the 1965 Delano Grape Strike.

1. The joining of the NFWA boosted solidarity among farm workers and paved the way for the UFW

How did the Delano grape strike

expand civil rights in regards to race and economics?

V. Third World Liberation Front

A. a coalition formed at San Francisco State University(SFSU) to call for campus reform.1. Black Students Union

2. Latin American Students Organization

3. Filipino-American Students Organization

4. El Renacimiento, a Mexican-American student organization.

B. Created a non-Eurocentric curriculum in minority studies.

Consider the “mainstream” Civil

Rights movement and draw comparisons

with the “Other” Civil Rights Movement.

Explain.