Civil rights project by Zachary Akin https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f The fight for equality en-us 2021-03-22 16:44:50 UTC 2021-04-07 05:47:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Although the 15th Amendment regulates that all states must allow citizens of all races to vote, different states have created laws that have directly kept African Americans from voting including poll taxes and literacy tests 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1338998144 2021-03-22 16:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1338998144 Plessy V. Ferguson has nationally allowed states to segregate school systems to keep races to their own schools. However, the schools are clearly not equal, which prevents Black communities from having equal opportunities. 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339000320 2021-03-22 16:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339000320 Throughout the country African Americans and LGBT are being discriminated against in employment opportunities and even housing just because of their skin color or sexual orientation. There are no laws preventing such practices. 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339002135 2021-03-22 16:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339002135 Since Plessy V. Ferguson there has been widespread segregation and discrimination in public facilities like transportation, restaurants, and bathrooms. The segregated places are clearly not equal even though they are separate. 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339004015 2021-03-22 16:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339004015 Interracial and non-heterosexual relationships are a serious taboo and even illegal in many states. Certain marriage laws prevent the government licensing of certificates to interracial couples and there are no states that allow licenses being issues to LGBT couples. 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339005805 2021-03-22 16:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339005805 Women are beginning to leave the household norm and instead work in corporate and other white-collar jobs. Unfortunately, they are being treated as lessers to men, being intimidated or treated differently, being paid less, and still expected to take care of the family 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339007507 2021-03-22 16:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339007507 Latin American immigrants and workers in the U.S. are working in difficult conditions as laborers and experiencing very poor pay, threats to their citizenship, and intimidation. 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339009318 2021-03-22 16:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339009318 People who are LGBT are being arrested for simply being open about their sexual orientations and fired for being open at their jobs. 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339010721 2021-03-22 16:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339010721 Brown vs Board 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339051664 Brown v Board would be the legal resolution to the struggle for equality in schools. In 1954 Brown vs Board made it illegal to segregate schools however this legal change did not necessarily make a complete change in society. The vast majority of schools did not become integrated until years after. ]]> 2021-03-22 16:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339051664 NAACP 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339160989 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People strategized with bringing local lawsuits to court explaining that the segregation in schools led to an unequal opportunity for education.]]> 2021-03-22 17:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339160989 SNCC 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339181294 The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee fought the inequality in schools by organizing student protest and walk outs. ]]> 2021-03-22 17:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1339181294 Little Rock Nine 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1348844375 The little rock nine were some of the most famous kids in the battle against segregation in schools. A group of nine black kids fought the hostile society of little rock Arkansas as they were the first kids to integrate into the white high school. ]]> 2021-03-24 16:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1348844375 Grandfather Clause 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1348874989 On top of all of the other tactics to keep African Americans from voting like poll taxes, literacy test, fraud, and intimidation many states used the "grandfather clause" that stated that you could not vote unless your grandfather voted. For many African Americans their grandfather was a slave that couldn't vote therefore they were turned away from their voting right.]]> 2021-03-24 16:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1348874989 1965 Voting Rights Act 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1348897300 The 1965 voting rights act prohibited literacy test and other tactics used to turn African Americans away from voting booths. This created a large change in the societal status of African Americans in the south.]]> 2021-03-24 16:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1348897300 Protest 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1348948650 Protest were the main tactic used by African Americans to combat this injustice. One notable protest was in Selma, Alabama led by Dr. Martin Luther King. These protest were very important for turning the political opinion in the south]]> 2021-03-24 16:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1348948650 Dr. Martin Luther King 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1348982612 MLK was arguably the most important activist for African American civil rights. He focused on many aspects of civil rights including the voting right that had been lawfully given to them but not upheld. He held peaceful protest and meetings to affect change. ]]> 2021-03-24 16:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1348982612 Jim Crow 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1349000837 Jim Crow laws were the driving force in the segregation of society. These laws kept almost all aspects of society segregated especially any public places. For every restaurant or bathroom there was a separate a often less quality colored restaurant or bathroom. ]]> 2021-03-24 16:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1349000837 Sit in's 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1349037289 Sit in's were one peaceful tactic used by African Americans to combat these segregation laws. A group of African Americans would defy the segregation laws and sit in the white area of a restaurant instead of the colored people area. As people would yell at them and tell them to get up and leave they would continue to sit in the white area and take the ridicule of the whites. ]]> 2021-03-24 16:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1349037289 Charles Houston and the NAACP 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1349057760 Charles Houston was a prominent African American lawyer and an active member of the NAACP. Charles Houston attacked Jim Crow laws legally through local court cases. ]]> 2021-03-24 17:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1349057760 Civil Rights Act 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383807286 In 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil rights acts that ended the Jim Crow laws that had kept whites and blacks in separate and unequal facilities and areas. This act was then followed in years later by acts that ended voting discrimination and housing discrimination]]> 2021-04-05 16:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383807286 Cesar Chavez 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383821423 Cesar Chavez was the MLK to the Chicano movement. He was a civil rights and social activist that led many movements against the poor treatment of Latin American farm workers. He himself grew up as a farm worker and experienced first hand the problems that Latin Americans faced]]> 2021-04-05 16:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383821423 United Farm Workers 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383832998 Cesar Chaves was the leader of the organization: United Farm Workers. This organization fought for higher wages, better working conditions and most importantly the right to unionize for Latin American farm workers. ]]> 2021-04-05 16:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383832998 Boycotts 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383841291 Boycotts were one of the main tactics used by leaders of the Chicano movement. One of the most famous boycotts was the boycott of California grapes because of the unfair treatment that was given to the Latin American farm workers in California. People were urged not to by California grapes in these efforts.]]> 2021-04-05 16:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383841291 Bracero program 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383860374 The Bracero Program was put in place in the US to deter strikes and help with the lack of available labor in the US. The Bracero Program brought Latin Americans to the US and exploited them for their labor; they were given jobs, but with low wages, bad working conditions and no rights to unionize. The Chicano movement made a big stride when this program was finally ended in the mid to late 20th century. ]]> 2021-04-05 16:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383860374 Business and Property owners 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383893468 The main cause for the discrimination against African Americans and the LGBT community regarding housing and employment was that almost every single property and business owner was a white straight male. Combine that with no laws against the discrimination of African Americans and LGBT allowed these property and business owners to simply refuse jobs and housing to African Americans and LGBT. ]]> 2021-04-05 16:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383893468 Fair Housing Act 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383930832 The Fair Housing Act ended the issues with discrimination in the housing market. This act made it illegal to refuse or alter the sale or rental of housing due to race or sexual orientation.]]> 2021-04-05 16:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383930832 Struggle for equality 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383975448 Fighting housing and employment discrimination was hard as it was only a legal battle. Without change in the laws there was no way to combat this problem]]> 2021-04-05 17:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383975448 Justification 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383996098 Whites used the idea that gay and interracial marriage was against the bible and not natural for justification on their views against gay and interracial relationships. ]]> 2021-04-05 17:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1383996098 Diana Foundation 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1385074529 Founded in 1953 the Diana Foundation fought for gay rights and gay marriage. They are recognized as the oldest continuously active organization for LGBT.]]> 2021-04-06 00:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1385074529 1967 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1385138337 1967 marks the year in which all 50 states in the US made interracial marriage completely legal.]]> 2021-04-06 00:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1385138337 2015 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1385141929 It wasn't until 2015 that the supreme court made gay marriage completely legal in all 50 US states. It is crazy that it took that long]]> 2021-04-06 00:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1385141929 Inequality leads to more inequality 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1385148216 As society did not view women as completely equal to men in their value and roles there became severely less educated than men. When women started to join the workforce of America their lack of education became a problem as it meant that they could only work non skill often hard labor jobs. These jobs entailed bad working conditions and unfair wages. ]]> 2021-04-06 00:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1385148216 Ida B Wells 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390097454 Ida B Wells was a women's activist that was instrumental in improving working rights for women. Not only did she encourage societal change to get women into the workforce but also helped in improving the treatment they were given at the job]]> 2021-04-07 05:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390097454 Continued Struggle 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390101624 Even today in 2021 women are payed equally to men however it is better than it was when women first joined the workforce in large numbers. Today it is illegal to pay a women less just because she is a women and when this happens it is more discreet and way less obvious. ]]> 2021-04-07 05:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390101624 Unions 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390105010 Unions were very important for improving the wage and working conditions for women. One of the most important parts in the reform for the working class of women was giving them the right to unionize so they could evoke change in the areas that they saw fit. ]]> 2021-04-07 05:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390105010 1964 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390109958 The 1964 civil rights act was eventually extended on the basis of sexual orientation. It became illegal for an employer to show any type of discrimination in the workplace towards someone based on their sexual orientation. ]]> 2021-04-07 05:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390109958 Arrests 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390114846 Gay people were not only discriminated against in many aspects of life but it was at one time literary illegal to be gay. Officers would arrest people for being at gay bars or being openly gay and this was not to only uphold the law but to embarrass the LGBT community]]> 2021-04-07 05:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390114846 Consequences of arrest 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390120995 Getting arrested and having to spend time in jail or pay a fine was hard enough for the LGBT community when they were arrested; however, possibly the most important and worst part about the arrest is that the arrest would become public and if an employer or family member found out now this person is faced with job termination and losing the support of their family]]> 2021-04-07 05:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390120995 Society for Human Rights 20541541 https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390130759 In 1924 Henry Gerber founds the Society for Human Rights becoming the first gay rights organization that pushed for societal and legal change in the views and treatment of the LGBT community]]> 2021-04-07 05:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/20541541/7vlv6gxk00trbg8f/wish/1390130759