MAJOR MOMENTS OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

• HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

• INCORPORATED INTO U.S LAWS

• VIEWS OF DIVERSITY

• ADULT LEARNING

MAJOR EVENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• THE EMANCIPATION PROCLOMATION PUTS AN END TO SLAVERY

• THE JIM CROW LAW MANDATED RACIAL SEGREGATION IN ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES IN SOUTHERN STATES.

AFRICAN AMERICANS HAD A STATUS OF “SEPARATE BUT EQUAL”

• BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION RULED THAT SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS

UNCONSTITUTIONAL

RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

• ALL HUMAN BEING ARE BORN FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS. THEY ARE ENDOWED WITH

REASON AND CONSCIENCE AND SHOULD ACT TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER IN A SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD.

• AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT HELPS TO PROTECT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AMERICANS WHO

POSSESS DISABILITY

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ASSOCIATION

• FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE STRUGGLES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

OF THE 1950S

• UNDER POLITICAL RIGHTS, ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION

• THE RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY ENABLED CIVIL RIGHTS PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS OF

BIRMINGHAM AND SELMA, AL AND OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH TO FORCE SOCIETY TO

IMRPOVE THE TREATMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS (HUDSON, 2002)

PARTICIPATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

• THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IN THE 1954 CASE OF BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA,

KANSAS OUTLAWED RACIAL SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOL

• UNDER POLITICAL RIGHTS, ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION REGARDLESS

OF RACE, SEX, OR DISABILITIES

THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: 1948 - 2008

• UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS ARE FOR ALL PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. DURING WWII, THE UNIVERSAL

DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WAS CREATED. ALL OF THE WORLD LEADERS CREATED AND COMPLETED

A UNITED NATIONS CHARTER. THE CHARTER WAS THEN TRANSMITTED INTO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL

COUNCIL.

CULTURAL RELATIVITY

• ”NO ONE SHALL BE HELD IN SLAVERY OR SERVITUDE; SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE SHALL BE

PROHIBITED IN ALL THEIR FORMS.

• NO ONE SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO TORTURE OR TO CRUEL INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR

PUNISHMENT.

• EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO RECOGNITION EVERYWHERE AS A PERSON BEFORE THE LAW (UNITED

NATIONS, 2014).

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND DIVERSITY• AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS SELECTIVE IN MANDATING CHANGES THAT BENEFIT PREVIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED

GROUPS

• IT IS INCLUSIVE

• AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS NUMBERS ORIENTED AND DIVERSITY IS AIMED AT CHANGING THE ORGANIZATIONAL

CULTURE AND DEVELOPING SKILLS AND POLICIES THAT GET THE BEST FROM EVERYONE

• “THE TERM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FIRST APPEARED IN JFK’S EXECUTIVE ORDER. IT REAPPEARED 4 YEARS LATER

WHEN LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER 11246 REQUIRING “EMPLOYERS DOING BUSINESS WITH

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DEVELOP AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS TO ASSURE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (BARAK, 2014).

ANALYSIS OF HOW ADULT LEARNING IS INFLUENCED

• INDIVIDUALS FOUGHT FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION

• THE AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT PAVED THE WAY FOR ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE MADE IN THE LEARNING

ENVIRONMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

• BECAUSE OF PEOPLE STANDING UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN, ADULTS CAN CHOOSE WHERE THEY WANT

TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION

• DIVERSITY PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE WAY INSTRUCTORS PRESENT INFORMATION IN ADULT

EDUCATION

WORKS CITED

• HUDSON JR., D. L. (2002, SEPTEMBER 16). CIVIL RIGHTS & FIRST AMENDMENT. RETRIEVED FROM FIRST AMENDMENT CENTER:

WWW.FIRSTAMENDMENTCENTER.ORG

• MOR BARAK, M. E. (2014). MANAGING DIVERSITY TOWARD A GLOBALLY INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE. (3RD ED.). THOUSAND OAKS, CA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS

INC.

• UNITED NATIONS (2014). UNIVERSAL DECLARATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS (1948). RETRIEVED FROM

HTTP://WWW.UN.ORG/EN/DOCUMENTS/UDHR/RESOURCES

• UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. (2009). JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, 21(1), 153-160. RETRIEVED FROM

HTTP://SEARCH.PROQUEST.COM/DOCVIEW/195873331?ACCOUNTID=458