2. Civil Rights Movement
Major Events
• 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Decision -- Supreme Court
rules that separate but equal facilities for different races
is legal. Gives legal approval to Jim Crow laws
• 1919 Race riots and Lynchings Claim Hundreds of Lives
-- Over 25 race riots occur in the summer of 1919 with
38 killed in Chicago. 70 blacks, including 10 veterans,
are lynched in the South
• 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topekadecision --
Supreme Court reverses Plessy by stating that separate
schools are by nature unequal. Schools are ordered to
desegregate "with all deliberate speed“(U.S. History
Resources).
3. Civil Rights Movement
Major Events
• 1965 Assassination of Malcom X -- Rejecting integration
and nonviolence, Malcolm splits off from Elijah
Muhammad's Black Muslims and is killed by black
opponents
• 1965 Watts Riots -- In first of more than 100 riots, Los
Angeles black suburb erupts in riots, burning, looting,
and 34 deaths
• 1968 MLK Assassination -- While supporting sanitation
workers' strike which had been marred by violence in
Memphis, King is shot by James Earl Ray. Riots result in
125 cities (U.S. History Resources).
4. Civil Rights Movement
Major Events
• 1978 Bakke v. Regents of University of California
Decision -- Supreme Court rules that fixed racial quotas
are illegal after Allan Bakke is denied admission to UC
Davis medical school even though his grades and scores
were higher than most minority applicants admitted
• 1992 Los Angeles Riots -- Following acquittal of officers
who beat Rodney King, 600 buildings are torched and 50
people killed, and $1 billion in damage recorded (U.S.
History Resources).
5.
6. Civil vs. Political Rights
Civil Rights: Protect an individual from being discriminated
against because of their race, age, gender, religion, and so
forth (Cornell University Law School).
Examples: Freedom of speech, press, and assembly; the
right to vote; freedom from involuntary servitude; and the
right to equality in public places. Discrimination occurs
when the civil rights of an individual are denied or interfered
with because of their membership in a particular group or
class.
7. Civil vs. Political Rights
Political Rights: Include natural justice and the right to a
fair trial. Also, entails the power to participate directly or
indirectly in the establishment or administration of
government, such as the right of citizenship, the right to
vote, and the right to hold public office (Cornell University
Law School).
Examples: Right to a fair trial, rights of participation in civil
society, the right to petition, the right to vote, etc.
8. Universal Human Rights
• December 10, 1948 -- United Nations representatives
from all regions of the world formally adopted the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The purpose is to save the future generations from the
devastation of international conflict (United Nations.)
Article 3
9. Affirmative Action and
Diversity
• Affirmative action is selective in mandating changes that
benefit previously disadvantaged groups.
• Diversity is inclusive, encompassing everyone in the
workplace. It seeks to create a working environment in
which everyone and every group fits, feels accepted, has
value, and contributes (USHistory.com).
10. Adult Learning Influences
Historical events that have occurred in the past have
helped set and paved the future and pavement for many of
us. The Civil Rights Movement has allowed for minorities
to receive and further an education. Adult learners are able
to move forward with their education and receive
services/aid if necessary.
11. References
Affirmative Action. (2016). Retrieved from
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1970.html
Civil Rights. Retrieved from
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/civil_rights
Feldmeth, Greg D. U.S. History Resources.
(1998)Retrieved from
behttp://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/USHist
ory.html
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Retrieved
from http://www.un.org/en/universal- declaration-
human-rights/index.html
