1. The 1960s

2. Civil Rights Continues
Civil Disobedience
Deliberately breaking the law
Sit-ins, use of segregated facilities

3. Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

4. March On Washington
August 1963 Civil Rights groups march in Washington DC to support civil rights bill
Martin Luther King Jr. – “I have a dream”

5. Success Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965
Opened public facilities to all
Commission to protect equal job opportunities
Voting Rights Act of 1965
End of literacy tests and poll taxes

6. Changes Some don’t think movement is doing enough
Call for “Black Power”
More aggressive, militant approach, less emphasis on integration
Malcolm X
Black Panthers

7. Women’s Rights Movement
Women seek equality-equal jobs, pay, status
The Feminine Mystique
Book by Betty Friedan – argued against society forcing women into the home
National Organization for Women (NOW)

8. Progress for Women Civil Rights Act of 1964 – end of discrimination
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) – equal protection under law
Equal Opportunity Act – equal pay
Title IX – equality in sports

9. Roe v Wade/Miranda v Arizona
Woman has the right to end a pregnancy
Court rules that making abortions illegal would violate right to privacy
Miranda v Arizona
Ensures accused are given due process and notified of rights when arrested

10. Setbacks for Women Not all women support movement
Against traditional values
Claims movement led to higher divorce and abortion rates and ruined values

11. Civil Rights for Other Groups
Latinos
Cesar Chavez – United Farm Workers
Shows Latino contributions to society
Native Americans
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Disabled Americans
New programs (Deaf Institute at RIT)
Mainstreaming of education

12. Kennedy’s New Frontier
Space Program
To compete with Soviets – man on the moon
Peace Corps
American volunteers sent to developing nations to train local people in technical, educational, and health programs
Lowered income taxes to stimulate economy

13. Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society
VISTA – Volunteers In Service to America
Domestic peace corps
Office of Economic Opportunity
Assistance to low-income families
Head Start, Upward Bound, Job Corps

14. Great Society Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Over $1 billion to education
Medicare and Medicaid
Health insurance and care to those on social security and low-income individuals
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Improve housing and economic aid to cities

15. The 1960s
Civil Rights continues for African Americans and begins for other groups
Women, Disabled, Native Americans, Latinos
Government becomes more involved in society
New Frontier, Great Society