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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