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1 Struggle for equal rights April 6, 2015 Objective: Understand the fights for equal rights among different minority groups.

2 Review 12/14/20152 Directions: Briefly explain each of the following cases in your notes OR to your neighbor! Adarand v. Pena UC Regents v. Bakke Grutter v. Bollinger Gratz v. Bollinger

3 Introduction 1.Definition 2.Major Categories of Discrimination 1.Racial 2.Gender 3.Other (age, disability, religion, orientation) 3.14 th Amendment (**) 1.Free Slaves 2.“Jim Crow” South 12/14/20153

4 4 I. Equal rights for women 1.19 th 2.Legislation: 1.Equal Pay Act-1963 (Comparable Worth) 2.Civil Rights Act-1964 3.Title IX of Education Act-1972 4.Medical & Family Leave Act, 1993

5 12/14/20155 I. The Second Feminist Wave… 1.Litigation 1.Reed v. Reed, 1971: no arbitrary  14 th 2.Roe v. Wade, 1973 3.Planned Parenthood v. Casey 2.Success in electoral politics 1.114 th Congress, ~20% 2.“Soccer Moms”-Clinton 3.3 females on SC 4.“Gender sensitive”

6 Review Takings Clause Santa Fe v. Doe Mapp v. Ohio Habeas Corpus Griswold v. Connecticut Supremacy Clause 12/14/20156

7 7 II. Equal Rights for Blacks 1.~13% 2.Dred Scott, 1857, (Missouri-Illinois-Missouri) 3.13 th, 14 th, 15 th amendments 4.Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 5.Civil Rights Act 6.Voting Rights Act, 1965 7.Brown v. Board, 1954 8.24 th Amend. 9.Nonviolent civil disobedience vs (any means necessary) 10.“Black vote”-which party 11.Clarence Thomas 12.KEY ISSUES

8 12/14/20158 III. Equal rights for Hispanics 1.>15% 2.Sonia Sotomayer 3.Lau v. Nichols, 1974 4.Key issues 1.Bilingualism (ballots) 2.Plyer v. Doe (substantial state interest) 3.Immigration 1.“Day Without Immigrants” 4.MALDEF 1.Chicana Rights Project

9 12/14/20159 IV. Asians 1.~6% 2.Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Filipinos, Southeast Asians 3.Korematsu v. United States, 1944 4.Key Issues: 1.Education 2.Employment

10 V. Private Discrimination (PUBLIC PLACES/FACILITIES/EMPLOYERS) 1.Civil Rights Act, 1964 1.Public Accommodations 1.(Heart of Atlanta) 2.Employment/Hiring 2.Fair Housing Act, 1968 3.Age Discrimination in Empl. Act, 1967 4.ADA, 1990 1.“Reasonable Accommodations” 12/14/201510


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