civil rights

1. Other Civil
Rights
Movements
1950-1970

2. I. Women’s Liberation
A. NOW, the National Organization of Women,
was founded in 1966
1.It was founded by Betty Friedan, the author of
“The Feminine Mystique.”
2.Equal pay for equal work
B. An Equal Rights Amendment
(ERA) was created in 1972
1.It came within three states
of being approved

3. C. In 1973, the Supreme Court in the case of
Roe v. Wade ruled that states could not
make laws preventing abortion.

4. How did the Women’s
movement differ from
the larger Civil Rights
movement?

5. II. LGBT rights – Harvey Milk
A. City supervisor San
Francisco
1. Openly gay
B. Killed by Dan White
1. Milk gave White’s
appointment to someone
else
C. This brought focus to
the gay rights
movement

6. LBGT rights
movement gained
momentum after the
election of Harvey
Milk. Why was his
election unique?

8. III. Native Americans
A. AIM – American Indian
Movement
B. They seized Alcatraz Island
1. In 1969, a group of American
Indians (“Indians of All Tribes”)
o occupied the island.
2. They proposed an ed.
center, ecology center, and
cultural center.
3. After 18 months, the
government forced them off.

9. C. 1973 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
1. Protest to oust corrupt gov’t appointed
chairman
D. Led to occupation of Wounded Knee
1. 71 day siege received national attention

10. Why do you think
Native-American
protest as a pan-
ethnic group
instead of
individual tribes?

11. IV. Cesar Chavez and the UFW
A. Cesar Chavez was a union
organizer for farm workers in CA.
B. He started a nationwide boycott
of grapes until the owners
recognized his union.
1.His union was the United
Farm Workers (UFW)
A. He would finally win better pay
and better working conditions for
the farm workers.

12. Larry Itliong & Philip Vera Cruz
A. Co-Founders of
the UFW
1. Mexican and Filipino farm workers which
represented the Filipino-dominated
Agricultural Workers Organizing (AWOC)
Committee and the Mexican-dominated
National Farm Workers Association
(NFWA)
B. Initiated the 1965
Delano Grape
Strike.
1. The joining of the NFWA boosted
solidarity among farm workers and paved
the way for the UFW

13. How did the Delano
grape strike
expand civil rights
in regards to race
and economics?

14. V. Third World Liberation Front
A. a coalition formed at San
Francisco State
University(SFSU) to call
for campus reform.
1. Black Students Union
2. Latin American Students Organization
3. Filipino-American Students Organization
4. El Renacimiento, a Mexican-American
student organization.
B. Created a non-
Eurocentric curriculum in
minority studies.

15. Consider the
“mainstream” Civil
Rights movement and
draw comparisons
with the “Other” Civil
Rights Movement.
Explain.