CIVIL RIGHTS

AFRICAN AMERICAN RIGHTS

HISTORY:

• was one of the most significant and successful social movements in the modern world
• influenced the modern women's rights movement and the student movement of the 1960s
• largest social movement of the 20th century in the United States.
• addressed primarily three areas of discrimination: education, social segregation, and voting rights.
• Influential Person: Rosa Parks- started montgomery bus boycott(1955) for refusing to give her seat to a white person.

ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES

• Ethnic minorites rights should not be denied despite color of skin
• Encourage poor black immigrants to come to America/Britian
• Reduces rioting and rebellion in society
• Disadvantages:
• Could not enter white restaurants, white schools, marry a white person and had to sit in back of bus

WOMEN RIGHTS

HISTORY:

• Throughout most of history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men
• Women in most nations won the right to vote and increased their educational and job opportunities.
• Fought for and accomplished a reevaluation of traditional views of their role in society
• Influential Person:
• Susan Anthony & Elizabeth Cady: began the National Women's Suffrage Association.(1869)

ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES

• Gave women equal right to vote, speak, and property such as males
• Disadvantages:
• Women engaged in improper behavior that made america a less polite society

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

HISTORY:

• The legalization of same-sex marriage is characterized as "redefining marriage" by many opponents.
• As of 2 December 2014, sixteen countries and certain sub-national jurisdictions allow same sex to marry
• a political, social, human rights and civil rights issue, as well as a religious issue
• Influential person: Sylvia Rivera(1951-2002) transgender activist, founding member of the Gay Liberation Front

ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES

• Can bring financial gain to the state and local governments
• Make it easier to adopt
• Disadvantages:
• Marriage has usually been between a man and women
• Kids need a mom & dad; should be raised in a traditional home

YOUTH IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

• Started when four youths were arrested for demanding service at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C.
• Young African-Americans played a big role. Ex: They were participated in sit-ins, voter registration, and bus boycotts
• Campaigns: Womens learning partnership for rights, development, & peace, and NoH8
• “When nobody else is moving and the students are moving, they are the leadership for everybody.”

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Cnn.com
• History.com
• Civilrights.org
• Scholastic .com
• Infoplease.com