1963-1974 The Radical Sixties
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1963-1974The Radical Sixties However, the 60’s and early 70’s saw
tremendous gains A Rights Revolution for
Black Americans Hispanic Americans (Cesar Chavez) Women (NOW, ERA, Roe v. Wade) Native Americans (AIM)
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1963-1974The Radical Sixties Gays (Stonewall) There was an
environmental movement Earth Day Silent Spring (Rachel
Carson) The EPA
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1963-1974The Radical Sixties Health and Safety
issues Unsafe at Any
Speed (Ralph Nadar)
OSHA
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1963-1974The Radical Sixties The Johnson and Nixon
presidencies left the American people very skeptical of their government
Much more willing to be critical of the president and the government
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1963-1974The Radical SixtiesAre we a better America today because of the tremendous changes of the Sixties?
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LBJ and the Great Society Johnson won
his own election in 1964
Landslide victory over Barry Goldwater
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LBJ and the Great Society Johnson won
his own election in 1964
Landslide victory over Barry Goldwater
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• The Movement during the Johnson years (1963-1969)
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Timeline of Major Events
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Ended segregation in public places
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964• outlawed racial segregation
in schools, public places, and employment.
• Created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
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Timeline of Major Events
• The Freedom Summer of 1964
• Mississippi Burning
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The Selma March• Selma to
Montgomery, ALA
• Edmund Pettus Bridge (March 1965)
• Bloody Sunday
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Timeline of Major Events
• The Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
• prohibited states from imposing any “… procedure ... to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color."
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The Movement Splinters
• Those who felt that non-violent civil disobedience did not bring enough change
• Malcolm Little (X)• Black Panther Party
–Bobby Seale; Huey Newton