Civil Rights all men are created equal. Segregation De jure segregation Jim Crow Laws De facto segregation.

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