Constitution Day 2014 Civil Rights Act of 1964

Constitution Day 2014 Civil Rights Act of 1964 50 th Anniversary Our Mission: To submit three “burning questions” to ask by Thursday, September 11.

1955 Smithsonian

Social Political Legal Economic

Three Goals of Black Civil Rights Movement:

Civil Rights Act Signing.

CONCEPTS: LEGAL TERMS CONCEPT “all men are created equal” DESCRIPTOR Our most basic founding principle de jure segregation separation imposed by law de facto segregation separation caused by social, behavioral or economic factors Due Process 5 th Amendment: ten guarantee of our natural rights “government” cannot deny Due Process 14 th Amendment: “states” cannot deny natural rights Attorney General Racial Profiling Chief law enforcement officer; member of Executive Branch Targeting of individuals

CIVIL RIGHTS: MAJOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION POST CRA OF 1964 CONCEPT Equal Pay Act (1963) Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (1960 s) DESCRIPTOR Gender pay equality Banning of all segregation and discrimination; EEOC established to enforce job rights of minorities To enforce state voter registration and voting protections. College entrance and public hiring preferences for minorities EDUCATION AMENDMENTS Promote higher education gender equality ACT (TITLE IX) (1972)

CIVIL RIGHTS: MAJOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION POST CRA OF 1964 CONCEPT GREAT SOCIETY (1960 s) DESCRIPTOR (war on poverty); Job training, education, food stamps, federal aid for elem/sec education, public housing… Equal Rights Amendment FAILED Constitutional amendment banning gender discrimination Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) Bans job discrimination; promotes accessibility to public bldgs and telecommunications No Child Left Behind (1991) Increased federal aid and accountability to raise standards

CIVIL RIGHTS SUPREME COURT CASES CONCEPT DESCRIPTOR Consolidation of five cases Newly appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren 9 -0 decision Brown v. Board (1954) “…in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. . . “ Attorney Generals of states with segregation to submit plans for integration. Brown v. Board (1955) Ordered desegregation “with all deliberate speed”

MAJOR CIVIL RIGHTS SUPREME COURT CASES POST CRA CONCEPT Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US (1964) Mapp v. Ohio Gideon V. Wainwright Miranda v. Arizona (1960 s) DESCRIPTOR Upheld Congress’ us of interstate commerce clause to ban discrimination in private facilities Protecting civil rights of accused Roe v. Wade (1972) due process, right to privacy rights of women Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) Lau v. Nichols (1974) ESL students entitled to public education

MAJOR CIVIL RIGHTS SUPREME COURT CASES POST CRA CONCEPT Bragdon v. Abbott (1999) Olmstead v. LC (1999) DESCRIPTOR HIV-positive persons protected under ADA Bars unnecessary segregation of persons with disabilities in public facilities

Ferguson violence Racial Gaps

THE NEXT CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE “war on…” GROUP blacks Women Latinos/boarder crossings LGBT Christianity Muslims education disabled ISSUE