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Wrote and shared his "I Have a Dream" Speech?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
First Civil Rights legislation passed since 1875 that established a civil rights division inside the U.S. Department of Justice to enforce laws prohibiting discrimination
What is Civil Rights Act of 1957?
Their main goal was the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. This group became the voice of women who wanted more.
What is NOW (National Organization of Women)?
specific group of people in society who lack the collective numbers to sufficiently be protected from discrimination from society's dominant groups.Its a group who hold few or no positions of power in society.
What is Minority Group?
Decision: The Equal Protection Clause allowed state governments to apply the “separate but equal” provision to public facilities
Result: “Separate but equal” case that allowed states to keep minorities out of schools with whites
What is Plessy V. Ferguson?
Used an Executive Order for use of troops to enforce a ruling to desegregate public schools in Little Rock, Arizona
Who is President Eisenhower?
Required companies to pay women that same wages as men for the same work
What is Equal Pay Act of 1963?
Group that advocated for militant action to achieve its goals of equality. Members armed themselves and were willing to take necessary means to protect their homes and families. it was known for used armed patrols to protect their neighborhoods.
Who are the Black Panthers?
When schools are integrated together and not separated by race. There had to be a process to bring in African American and Hispanic students to combine once Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregation.
What is Desegregation?
Decision: Unanimous decision that NO!, the Equal Protection Clause required Sweatt be admitted to the University of Texas’ Law School.
Result: benefitted minorities by setting a precedent for Brown v. Board of Education.
What is Sweatt V. Painter?
Used an Executive Order to desegregate armed forces
Who is President Truman?
Removed voting qualifications. States couldn't add requirements to vote (suspended literacy tests + poll taxes)
What is Voting Rights Act of 1965?
A group who developed marches and protests seeking better treatment and respect for Native Americans. In a historic move, they dramatically occupied Alcatraz Island and Wounded Knee, South Dakota to re-enact European colonization.
What is AIM (American Indian Movement)?
The tax that citizens had to pay in order to vote. The only reason for the tax was to keep minorities from voting because most could not afford the tax.
What is Poll Tax?
Decision: Texas couldn’t apply laws differently to people of Mexican descent in jury discrimination.
Result: Jury Discrimination is outlawed! Equal Protection Rights Protected!
What is Hernandez V. Texas?
Used an Executive Order to establish a commission to promote fair employment practices in government agencies
Who is President Kennedy?
Social Security was expanded to provide medical care, hospital insurance, and post-hospital nursing for people over the age of 65.
What is Medicare Act of 1965?
Led by Dr. King, this organization used nonviolent resistance to eliminate racial segregation and discrimination.
What is SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?
Bus rides organized by CORE to challenge segregation that was being enforced in the South even though the Supreme Court had already ruled it as unconstitutional because of the 14th Amendment.
What are Freedom Rides?
Decision: Unanimous decision that in public education, schools cannot be segregated by race.
Result: reduced racial segregation in schools and events like the desegregation at Little Rock High School when the “Little Rock Nine” tried to attend.
What is Brown V. Board of Education?
Wrote the Feminine Mystique that challenged the belief that the majority of housewives are genuinely happy with what they are doing
established to implement education, employment, & training programs as part of LBJ’s Great Society. It provided adult education & business loans to promote fair employment practices in government agencies. It helped reduce the poverty rate in the U.S.
What is Economic Opportunity Act of 1964?
Chicano migrant workers established it to obtain fair wages + better working conditions.
What is United Farm Workers?
Form of civil disobedience where protesters will go somewhere like a lunch counter that says "Whites Only" and simply sit until they are served. Their treatments are usually horrible, but it brings attention to the struggle for equality.
What are Sit-Ins?
Decision: Evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the 4th Amendment is inadmissible in a state court.
Result: Protections against illegal search and seizure were expanded.
What is Mapp V. Ohio?