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Page 1: 26-3 NEW APPROACHES TO CIVIL RIGHTS. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION  Legal discrimination gone, little improvement in daily lives  Problems  lack of access to

26-3NEW APPROACHES TO CIVIL

RIGHTS

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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Legal discrimination gone, little improvement in daily lives

Problems lack of access to good jobsadequate schooling

Affirmative Action companies and institutionsactively recruit African American

employees/students/etc.

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PROS AND CONS

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ALLAN BAKKE

University of California medical school

16 slots, higher score

University of California v. Bakke, 19785 to 4

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGENTS V. BAKKE

Also said schools could use racial criteria as part of their admission process, but not fixed quotas

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BUSING

Segregated schools stemmed from neighborhoods

To desegregate schools, busing began

“White flight” to private schools began

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PUSH

People United to Save Humanity

Jesse Jackson, 1971

Purposeregister votersdevelop African American businesses

increase educational opportunities

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CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS

African American members of Congress

Legislative concerns of African AmericansHealth care economic developmentcrime and safety

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HISPANICS

1970s 9 million in US

Migration reasons Communism Jobs

Mexican Americans Largest group farms

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UNITED FARM WORKERS

Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta

Grape boycott

Wanted better working conditions

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LA RAZA UNIDA

New political party in Texas

“the United People”

1969, Angel Gutierrez

Job training programs and access to financial institutions for Hispanics

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BILINGUALISM

Promoted by Hispanic students and political leaders

teaching immigrant students in their own language while learning English

Bilingual Education Act in 1968

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NATIVE AMERICANS

Less than 1% of the US in 1970

Began to organize in late ’60s and early ’70s

GrievancesLow incomeHigh unemploymentDiscriminationLimited educationShort life expectancy

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AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT (AIM)

Militant groupdid not want Native Americans to assimilate

Occupied Alcatraz Island19 months in 1969

Occupied Wounded Knee, SD for 70 days in 1973 Wanted changes in

administration of reservations Wanted US gov’t to honor

treaties Ended violently, clashed with FBI

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1968 –Indian Civil Rights Act Gave residents of reservations

protection of the Bill of Rights, still recognized reservation law

1975 – Indian Self-Determination and Education Act $$ education Native Americans involved in

policy decisions Land and water rights victories TED talk

SUCCESSES FOR NATIVE AMERICANS