Rights Revolution Expands

Black Power Movement “Black Power” Malcolm X Stokely Carmichael Nation of Islam led by Elijah Muhammad Stokely Carmichael The Black Panthers Free from the economic, social and political control of whites Carmichael- original member of SNCC, became charimen and began to organize his version using black power- expelled white members and broke with Kings nonviolent tactics Black panthers- Bobby Seale and Huey Newton formed a new militant group, arming of African Americans, as well as created a social welfare program to assist you black youth, free breakfast program to feed you black children, demanded reparations to AA for centuries of discrimination and unjust treatment, changed culture as well- Afro and new fasion, eventually became more known for violence and gun toting then their social programs or cultural impact

Women’s Rights Movement Feminism Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique Civil rights movement and Women’s rights movement discrimination in the workplace NOW- national organization for women Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)- guarantee gender equality under the law Reproductive rights First wave vs. second wave Redefinition of traditional roles

Women’s Rights Movement Gloria Steinem- reporter Phyllis Schlafly “total assault on the family, on marriage, and on children.” ERA failed Legal cases Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Title IX of the higher education act of 1972 Roe v. Wade Assured women the right to legal abortions

Hispanic Rights Movement Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments Eliminate national-origin quotas Asian and Mexican immigrants surged Spanish Americans Chicanos Bracero Programs Post WWII immigration Puerto Ricans- legal immigration from a US territory Dominicans and Cubans- political refugees New York City and Miami

Hispanic Rights Movement Pressing for Equal Rights WWII veterans push for equality Cesar Chavez Fought for migrant Farm Workers United Farm Workers (UFW) Boycott of California Grapes- 1975 California passes a law requiring collective bargaining Chicano Movement Awareness of history and culture Brown Power La Raza Unida in Texas- political party – better housing and jobs, and Hispanic representation By 1980 6 Hispanics sat in Congress

Native and Asian Rights Movement American Indian Movement (AIM)- 1968 Securing of land, legal rights and self government 1969-1971 occupation of Alcatraz 1972 march from San Francisco to Washington D.C. Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee Siege at wounded knee- investigation into conditions on reservations Legal cases Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 Asian Americans Japanese American Citizen League- gov. pay for land lost during internment Alcatraz- closed in 1963, treaty granted them unused federal land -”native American embassy” Late feb 1973 AIM took over the village and refused to leave until investigation, federal government put village under siege two AIM members died in gunfire, in may government pledged to reexamine native treaty rights Granted tribes greater control over resources and education on reservations