Rights, Diversity, and Adult Education

2. MAJOR MOMENTS OF CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT

3. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
• HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS
• INCORPORATED INTO U.S LAWS
• VIEWS OF DIVERSITY
• ADULT LEARNING

4. MAJOR EVENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• THE EMANCIPATION PROCLOMATION PUTS AN END TO SLAVERY
• THE JIM CROW LAW MANDATED RACIAL SEGREGATION IN ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES IN SOUTHERN STATES.
AFRICAN AMERICANS HAD A STATUS OF “SEPARATE BUT EQUAL”
• BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION RULED THAT SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL

5. RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS
• ALL HUMAN BEING ARE BORN FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS. THEY ARE ENDOWED WITH
REASON AND CONSCIENCE AND SHOULD ACT TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER IN A SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD.
• AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT HELPS TO PROTECT AGAINST DISCRIMINATIONAGAINST AMERICANS WHO
POSSESS DISABILITY

7. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND
ASSOCIATION
• FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE STRUGGLES OFTHE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
OF THE 1950S
• UNDER POLITICAL RIGHTS, ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION
• THE RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY ENABLED CIVIL RIGHTS PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS OF
BIRMINGHAM AND SELMA, AL AND OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH TO FORCE SOCIETY TO
IMRPOVE THE TREATMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS (HUDSON, 2002)

8. PARTICIPATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL
PROCESS
• THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IN THE 1954 CASE OF BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA,
KANSAS OUTLAWED RACIAL SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOL
• UNDER POLITICAL RIGHTS, ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION REGARDLESS
OF RACE, SEX, OR DISABILITIES

9. THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS: 1948 - 2008
• UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS ARE FOR ALL PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. DURING WWII, THE UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WAS CREATED. ALL OF THE WORLD LEADERS CREATED AND COMPLETED
A UNITED NATIONS CHARTER. THE CHARTER WAS THEN TRANSMITTED INTOTHE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
COUNCIL.

10. CULTURAL RELATIVITY
• ”NO ONE SHALL BE HELD IN SLAVERY OR SERVITUDE; SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE SHALL BE
PROHIBITED IN ALL THEIR FORMS.
• NO ONE SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO TORTURE OR TO CRUEL INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR
PUNISHMENT.
• EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO RECOGNITION EVERYWHERE AS A PERSON BEFORE THE LAW (UNITED
NATIONS, 2014).

11. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND DIVERSITY
• AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS SELECTIVE IN MANDATING CHANGES THAT BENEFIT PREVIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED
GROUPS
• IT IS INCLUSIVE
• AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS NUMBERS ORIENTED AND DIVERSITY IS AIMED AT CHANGING THE ORGANIZATIONAL
CULTURE AND DEVELOPING SKILLS AND POLICIES THAT GET THE BEST FROM EVERYONE
• “THE TERM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FIRST APPEARED INJFK’S EXECUTIVE ORDER. IT REAPPEARED 4 YEARS LATER
WHEN LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER 11246 REQUIRING “EMPLOYERS DOING BUSINESS WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DEVELOP AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS TO ASSURE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES (BARAK, 2014).

12. ANALYSIS OF HOW ADULT LEARNING IS
INFLUENCED
• INDIVIDUALS FOUGHT FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION
• THE AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT PAVED THE WAY FOR ACCOMMODATIONS TOBE MADE IN THE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
• BECAUSE OF PEOPLE STANDING UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN, ADULTS CAN CHOOSE WHERE THEY WANT
TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION
• DIVERSITY PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE WAY INSTRUCTORS PRESENT INFORMATION IN ADULT
EDUCATION

13. WORKS CITED
• HUDSON JR., D. L. (2002, SEPTEMBER 16). CIVIL RIGHTS & FIRST AMENDMENT. RETRIEVED FROM FIRST AMENDMENT CENTER:
WWW.FIRSTAMENDMENTCENTER.ORG
• MOR BARAK, M. E. (2014). MANAGING DIVERSITY TOWARD A GLOBALLY INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE. (3RD ED.). THOUSAND OAKS, CA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
INC.
• UNITED NATIONS (2014). UNIVERSAL DECLARATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS (1948). RETRIEVED FROM
HTTP://WWW.UN.ORG/EN/DOCUMENTS/UDHR/RESOURCES
• UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. (2009). JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, 21(1), 153-160. RETRIEVED FROM
HTTP://SEARCH.PROQUEST.COM/DOCVIEW/195873331?ACCOUNTID=458