Human rights milestones
The act that outlawed segregation and banned discriminatory practices in public spaces in the US
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Famous for his philosophy of nonviolence, he inspired civil rights leaders around the world.
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
This was a landmark US supreme court decision that stated that racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
This word beginning with "I" means that no one can take your rights away from you
What is inalienable?
"Everyone has the right to _______________, liberty and security of person"
What is life?
The amendment that gave women in the US the right to vote
What was the 19th amendment?
He led the first successful farm workers union in American history, achieving countless rights and protections for hundreds of thousands of farm workers
Who was Cesar Chavez?
This act granted full citizenship to American Indians and Alaska Native Americans.
What was the Snyder act?
this refers to a set of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to benefit marginalized groups
What is affirmative action?
The right to ______ is one of the main reasons you don't pay to attend public school
What is education?
This act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications.
What is the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)?
The first president of the the National American Woman Suffrage Association and leader of the Women's Rights Movement in the 19th century
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
This article states that "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights" in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What is article one in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
this is the principle that all people must be equally protected by the law
What is equality before the law?
The atrocities of this conflict led the international community to agree that "violations of human rights would not be tolerated"
What was World War II?
A document adopted by the UN that outlined the rights and freedoms for all human beings in the world regardless of race, gender, religion, and other characteristics
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
She was the co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Council (a civil rights organization) along with MLK, and a force in the Civil Rights Movement
Who was Ella Baker?
the most rapidly and widely ratified international human rights treaty in history.
What is The Convention on the Rights of the Child? (this outlines rights for children worldwide)
This category of rights protect citizens from unfairness and discrimination
What are equality rights?
According to a study done by the Global Rights Project, this country is the best country for human rights, based on the extent to which it respects individual human rights.
What is Finland?
This establishes a universal framework of minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the Indigenous peoples of the world, declared by the UN
What is the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?
He was a canadian law professor who wrote the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (document adopted by the UN outlining the rights of humans)
Who is Dr. John Peters Humphrey?
Landmark supreme court case that gave interracial couples the right to marry
What was Loving v. Virginia?
What are civil rights?
This is the number of articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration is an international document adopted by the UN that outlines the rights of all human beings
What is 30?