Unit 6: Individual Rights and Liberties

Chapter 43: Discrimination

Chapter 43: Discrimination

“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created

equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable

rights…” Declaration of Independence.

Chapter 43: Discrimination

  Important Discrimination cases   Plessy v Ferguson (1896): segregation allowed as

long as equal   Brown v Board of Education segregation is

inherently unequal   Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Civil Rights Act of

1968: race, gender, age disability or national origin

Chapter 43: Discrimination

Chapter 43: Discrimination

Chapter 43: Discrimination

Chapter 43: Discrimination

Chapter 43: Discrimination