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Transcript of Inspired by Civil Rights SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. He preached non-violent, civil disobedience as the most...
He preached non-violent, civil disobedience as the most eff ective method for obtaining civil rights.
A. Robert KennedyB. Jackie RobinsonC. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.D. A. Philip Randolph
WARM-UP
UFW (United Farm Workers) founded by Cesar Chavez in 1962
Worked to improve conditions for poor migrant workers through non-violent protests such as hunger strikes
Most famous campaign was a boycott of California table grapes which led to a labor agreement in 1970
MIGRANT WORKERS
“In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would be a great service to tell girls who plan to work in society to expect this subtle, uncomfortable discrimination--tell them not to be quiet, and hope it will go away, but fight it. A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, but neither should she "adjust" to prejudice and discrimination”
THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
For women in early 50’s and 60’s, the assumption was that their place was only in the home
1963 Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique which helped launch the women’s movement and challenged that assumption
AKA “women’s lib” advocated equality between men and women
Friedan also founded NOW (National Organization for Women) which promoted feminist causes.
Phyllis Schlafly was herlargest opponent; arguedwomen liked staying home
WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
Concerned with preserving the Earth’s resources and species of life
Rachel Carson published Silent Spring discussing how pesticides poison the environment (DDT). This began the modern environmentalist movement.
U.S. celebrated its fi rst Earth Day in April 1970Nixon established the EPA (Environmental
Protection Agency)Al Gore became a notable figure in the movement
and wrote An Inconvenient Truth claiming that global warming is largely man-made
ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT
Conservatism is the belief that government should not try to regulate too much
Places such as Orange County, California and the Deep South embraced this movement
Believe in low taxes, personal freedoms, and property rights
Distrust of social movements such as Johnson’s “Great Society”
Some argued that personal property rights were being violated when the government forced business owners to serve African Americans (believed they should freely choose who to serve)
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
A conservative “hero” was an Arizona Republican Senator Barry Goldwater
He personally did NOT support segregation, but believed in states’ rights and property rights
Lost to Johnson in the election of 1964However, Goldwater was able to win the Republican
nomination in the SouthThis ended the “solid South” (which was largely
Democratic), but southerners were willing to put conservative ideals above party loyalty
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT