1963-1974The Radical Sixties However, the 60’s and early 70’s saw

tremendous gains A Rights Revolution for

Black Americans Hispanic Americans (Cesar Chavez) Women (NOW, ERA, Roe v. Wade) Native Americans (AIM)

1963-1974The Radical Sixties Gays (Stonewall) There was an

environmental movement Earth Day Silent Spring (Rachel

Carson) The EPA

1963-1974The Radical Sixties Health and Safety

issues Unsafe at Any

Speed (Ralph Nadar)

OSHA

1963-1974The Radical Sixties The Johnson and Nixon

presidencies left the American people very skeptical of their government

Much more willing to be critical of the president and the government

1963-1974The Radical SixtiesAre we a better America today because of the tremendous changes of the Sixties?

LBJ and the Great Society Johnson won

his own election in 1964

Landslide victory over Barry Goldwater

LBJ and the Great Society Johnson won

his own election in 1964

Landslide victory over Barry Goldwater

• The Movement during the Johnson years (1963-1969)

Timeline of Major Events

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Ended segregation in public places

The Civil Rights Act of 1964• outlawed racial segregation

in schools, public places, and employment.

• Created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Timeline of Major Events

• The Freedom Summer of 1964

• Mississippi Burning

The Selma March• Selma to

Montgomery, ALA

• Edmund Pettus Bridge (March 1965)

• Bloody Sunday

Timeline of Major Events

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Voting Rights Act of 1965

• prohibited states from imposing any “… procedure ... to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color."

The Movement Splinters

• Those who felt that non-violent civil disobedience did not bring enough change

• Malcolm Little (X)• Black Panther Party

–Bobby Seale; Huey Newton