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Other Civil Rights Movements of the 1960s

CIVIL RIGHTS INQUIRY

Essential Question: What would freedom and

equality in the US look like?
Todays supporting question: Who needs to
achieve freedom and equality?

OTHER 1960S CIVIL

RIGHTS MOVEMENTS

AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT

Founded in 1968
Their goal: To repeatedly bring successful
law suits against the federal govt to protect the
rights of Native Nations guaranteed them by US
laws and treaties

Beliefs: self-determination, renewing and

preserving culture
Created in response harassment of and police
brutality against Native Americans after being
forced off of reservations by the Termination
Policy

AIM FUN FACT

1969: 300 members of AIM occupied Alcatraz Island
for 19 months
They said they were re-claiming the land and offered
to buy it for $24 in glass beads and red cloth (a
precedent set by white men in Manhattan 300 years
previous)

AIM FUN FACT

They spent the time broadcasting Radio Free

Alcatraz, the first Indian radio broadcasts, to the
San Francisco Bay Area

AMERICAN FEMINIST MOVEMENT

The

problem: in the 1960s, women were

Expected

to get married and start a family

Spending an average of 55 hours a week on
household chores
Legally subject to their husbands (few rights to
spouses earnings or property)
Required to prove their husbands had done
something wrong if they wanted a divorce
Limited in their job choice (teacher, nurse,
secretary)

AMERICAN FEMINIST MOVEMENT

1964: Civil Rights Act includes sex, but the it quickly
becomes apparent that the government would not
protect female workers
1966: National Organization for Women (NOW) founded
fights discrimination against women in court
The Womens Liberation Movement (different group)
sought to throw off the patriarchy

FEMINIST MOVEMENT FUN FACT

The FBI viewed the womens movement as an enemy

challenge to American values and a possible threat of
violence
It paid hundreds of women to infiltrate the movement
as informants to the FBI about possible attacks,
which created paranoia in the womens movement

FARM HANDS UNIONIZE

Farmers replaced the domestic workers in their
fields with Braceros (program ended in 1964)
Poor wages: Grape pickers were making an
average of .90/hour + .10/basket of grapes (1965)
Unsanitary conditions: One farm boss made
workers all drink from the same cup for water;
some were forced to pay to drink water while on
the job
Poor housing: $2+ per day for unheated metal
shacks often without indoor plumbing or cooking
facilities

FARM HANDS UNIONIZE

Several unions popped up in the 1960s
National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)
started by Cesar Chavez in 1963
Workers organized strikes for wage increases and
better treatment
By 1970, the unions had finally gained a foothold

1960S GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Activism for gay rights is on the rise
Problem: Society was hostile toward homosexuals
and harass those exposed publicly
Goals:

Decriminalize

homosexual acts
End discrimination
Inform the public with accurate, unbiased
information about homosexuality

1960S GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Achievements:
Gay

and lesbian publications

Employment discrimination cases won in court
Press coverage
1969 Stonewall Riot Movement gained new radical
response for the 1970s

PRIMARY SOURCE

President Johnsons 1964 State of the Union

Address
Read and answer the questions on the back for
class discussion.

INQUIRY FINAL ARGUMENT

Inquiry: What would freedom and equality in the
United States look like?
Create an argument outline (not a full written
paper!) outlining your argument, including

major

ideas
brief explanation

You should include the following considerations:

Who

needs freedom and equality? How are not

getting that freedom/equality currently?
How will you achieve freedom and equality?

SAMPLE OF OUTLINE FORMAT

Example:
A) Students need to be graded fairly and equally
on their infographic projects
1) Fair and equal grading achieved through
rubric
a)

b)

Rubric describes necessary components to achieve a

certain number of points
could be applied by any teacher and get roughly the same
grade