Civil Rights

“… all men are created equal”

Segregation

De jure segregationJim Crow Laws

De facto segregation

De Jure

De Jure

Equality for African Americans

1. Post – Civil War Amendments13th – Slavery abolished14th – civil rights & due process15th – right to vote

Important Court Cases

Plessy v. Ferguson 1896Separate but Equal Doctrine

Korematsu v. US Brown v. Board of Education – 1954

Civil Rights Laws

Civil Rights Act of 1964Voting Rights Act of 1965Civil Rights Act of 1968

Key Provisions – Civil Rights Act of 1964

1. Voting 2. Public accommodations 3. Schools 4. Employment 5. Federal funds

Civil Rights for Women

Women’s Rights Convention – Seneca Falls 1848

19th right to vote 1920Feminine Mystique – Betty

Friedan

Education Act of 1972 – Title IXERA denied by state legislatures

Equality based on Sexual Orientation Increase awareness in promoting the

rights of homosexuals No national laws protecting gay rights

Gay Marriage

Nine states & D.C. allow Gay Marriage California ? 29 states have a constitutional ban on Gay

Marriage Defense of Marriage Act – (DOMA) 1996

Joan Baez & Bob Dylan

Equality for other Ethnic Minorities

Hispanic Americans – Cesar Chavez

Asian-Pacific AmericansInternment Camps – Korematsu v.

US

Cesar Chavez

4. Civil Rights MovementBrown v. Board of Education –

1954Martin Luther King

Jim Crow