Civil Rights

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Civil Rights

• Various groups have lobbied for increased civil
  rights for decades
• Racial minorities
• Women
• Homosexuals
• Religious minorities

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Civil Rights Race Discrimination (1898-1954)

• Plessey v. Ferguson
• Truman Executive Order
• Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott
• CORE, NAACP
• Freedom Rides
• Brown v. Board

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Civil Rights Race Discrimination (1954-1965)

• Eisenhower and National Guard
• Wallace and Univ. of Alabama
• Kennedy Speech
• King Mountaintop Speech
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Jim Crow laws

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Civil Rights Race Discrimination(1966-Present)

• De Facto vs. De Jure Segregation
• Affirmative Action
• Reparations movement

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Discrimination Sexual Orientation

• Public opinion has shown increased support for
  equal rights for homosexuals
• Recent events
• Dont ask, Dont tell!
• In Defense of Marriage Act
• Push for acceptance of gay marriage
• Massachusetts is in the news right now for its
  pending legislation
• Push from Christian Right for federal ban of gay
  marriage