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The Civil Rights Movement
Review
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Essay - Tuesday
Study goals and methods used by civil rights movement
Introduction Goals and methods used Goals and methods used Impact on society Conclusion
I. African American Rights
1. methods Non-violence, passive resistance, peaceful 2. civil disobedience Break unjust laws- example: sit in,marches,
protests, boycotts 3. Dr. King – goals/ methods Equality (voting, education, job
opportunities,respect) full rights by peaceful means
4. Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) “separate but equal” Legalized Jim Crow and segregation 5. Results of Brown decision (1954) Overturned Plessy “separate is inherently unequal” Ended legal segregation
6. Civil Rights Acts
Bars discrimination
7. Voting Rights Act
Ended voting restrictions (literacy tests etc)
8. Montgomery Bus Boycott / Rosa Parks
Refused to give up seat; arrested
Began successful, year-long boycott
Led to end of segregated buses
Impact: People see the success of
organized protests
9. Black Muslims – Malcolm X
Question Dr. King’s methods
Want changes faster 10. Black Power
Movement / Black Panthers
More militant Urge for separate state
11. Busing Purpose was to achieve
racially balanced schools
Very controversial 12. Defacto segregation Separation based upon
neighborhoods 13. de jure segregation Separation based on
law for example: Jim Crow laws
II: Women’s Rights
1. 19th Amendment and WWI
Showed they were valuable contributors to war
Suffrage – 1920 2. Impact of civil rights
movement Showed how organized
protests can be successful
3A. Equal Pay Act Equal pay for equal work 3B. Civil Rights Act Can’t discriminate based on gender (religion,
national origin, race, ethnicity, age….) 3C. Title IX Part of educational code Equal funding for women’s sports
5. Gender equity (equality)
Gender discrimination (based on male/female status)
6. Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique
in 1950s Impact Began Women’s Rights
Movement for equality
7. NOW National
Organization for Women
Fights for gender equity
8. Gloria Steinem Founded Ms.
Magazine Job titles changed to
be gender neutral
III. Rights of other groups 1. Native Americans Wanted equality,
hunting and fishing rights
Land rights 2. American Indian
Movement (AIM) Protests to gain rights 3. Goal of current
federal policies Have Native Americans
control their lives more
5. Cesar Chavez and UFW
Better conditions and rights for migrant farm workers
6. Rights of disabled / special needs ADA
Greater access to transportation
Educational reforms
7. MainstreamingBring students
with special educational needs into the classroom in the least restrictive environment
IV. Miscellaneous 1. Growth of suburbs –
Why? Baby boom after WWII Need for more space
and housing 2a. GI Bill Loans for education
and housing 2b. Levittowns Cheap, prefabricated
housing in a grid
2c. Needed cars for suburban growth
3. Urban – city center Suburban – outside city Rural – farthest from
center; farms/countryside
Essay (Tuesday)
Goals of the Civil Rights Movement
Leaders Methods used Impact of the
movement on society
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