Mexican American Civil Rights
What are the discriminatory practices that were used to target Latino children in schools?
Using physical force, banning usage of Spanish, banning using the bathroom
The remaining Jim Crow laws were overruled by which piece of legislation?
Civil Rights Act 1964
Betty Friedan’s 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, is connected to which movement?
Women's Civil Rights Movement
Activists rode interstate buses across state lines to challenge local segregation laws and the buses were burned.
Freedom Riders
This law legalized instruction in languages other than English
Bilingual Education Act of 1968
Which Supreme Court Case ruled that “separate but equal” laws did NOT violate the 14th Amendment?
Plessy v Ferguson
In 1973, American Indian activists occupied the old Indian battle site of
Wounded Knee
This tactic was used by Mexican children to protest discriminatory practices at school
Walk Outs
This man founded the United Farm Workers Union for Mexican American migrant workers
Cesar Chavez
Separate but equal in schools was ended with which SCOTUS decision?
Brown v Board of Education
Native Americans organized into this organization to protest against the taking of their land by the American government.
American Indian Movement (AIM)
This group emerged in the African American movement as a self-defense group against racial violence.
Black Panthers
What is the movement that placed an emphasis on learning Mexican and Mexican American history?
The Chicano Movement
The event where no one rode the buses to protest segregation in public transit (Rosa Parks was involved)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This group addressed the needs of women in the workplace
National Organization of Women (NOW)
How did Native Americans protest for their own civil rights?
Occupying land that used to belong to Native American tribes.
This Supreme Court case was a win by the Mexican American community that paved the way for desegregation in public schools
Mendez V. Westminster
Black leader that stated ""We assert that in those areas where the government is either unable or unwilling to protect the lives and property of our people, that our people are within our rights to protect themselves by whatever means necessary."
Malcolm X
This concept is a form of racism against Asian Americans
Model Minority Myth
What happened in the town of Birmingham that sparked African American protests
Domestic terrorism/bombing of African American church.