Civil Rights Project by Brooklyn O'Laughlin https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v Brooklyn O'Laughlin en-us 2021-03-22 18:41:13 UTC 2025-10-17 15:26:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. 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. 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1339658424 2021-03-22 18:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1339658424 People Involved 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1339660519 Martin Luther King Jr. was a strong leader as well as many black Americans in the South specifically in Alabama. The Attorney General was also involved. ]]> 2021-03-22 18:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1339660519 Tactics 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1339732631 Many people protested and marched. In 1963 and 1964 MLK brought hundreds of black people to a courthouse in Alabama where they were tuned away sparking protests. ]]> 2021-03-22 18:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1339732631 Results 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1339741615 Many people were arrested but ultimately the protests won and the 24th amendment was passed in 1964 which prevented the use of poll taxes and the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965 made the attorney general responsible to enforce the right for African Americans to vote. ]]> 2021-03-22 19:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1339741615 2. 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. 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1339758704 2021-03-22 19:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1339758704 People Involved 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1348462802 Oliver Brown as well as many black families looking for better education. The Board of Education was also involved as they provided the opposing side. The NAACP was also involved. ]]> 2021-03-24 15:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1348462802 Tactics 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1348511835 The NAACP filed many lawsuits against state education boards to try and get equality for their schools. After Oliver Browns daughter was denied entrance to an all white school despite the fact her school did not provide equal educational opportunities Oliver Brown filed a lawsuit and battelled it out in the supreme court. ]]> 2021-03-24 15:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1348511835 Results 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1348532963 The court unanimously decided that segregated schools are inherently unequal and the plaintiffs were being deprived of their 14th amendment right. In 1956, Two years later in Hawkins v. Board of Control, the Supreme Court applied the principal of equal access to higher education.]]> 2021-03-24 15:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1348532963 3. 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. 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349267229 2021-03-24 17:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349267229 People Involved 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349271981 Martin Luther King Jr. fought really hard for change specifically in Chicago. The LGBTQ communities and individuals such as Gerald Bostock were also involved. ]]> 2021-03-24 17:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349271981 Tactics 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349474183 People filed lawsuits that made its way to the supreme court in order to try and change the laws against them. People also did not stop protesting and marching for rights even after their lawsuits failed or acts were not passed.  ]]> 2021-03-24 18:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349474183 Results 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349480168 In Bostock V. Clayton County the supreme court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because they are gay or transgender. Another result was The Fair Housing Act of 1968 which protect the buyer or renter of a dwelling from seller or landlord discrimination. Its primary prohibition makes it unlawful to refuse to sell, rent to, or negotiate with any person because of that person's race. ]]> 2021-03-24 18:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349480168 4. 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. 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349498471 2021-03-24 18:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349498471 People Involved 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349501282 President Lyndon Johnson was involved and about every single civil rights leader such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Roy Wilkins and people suffering from inequality. ]]> 2021-03-24 18:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349501282 Tactics 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349511359 Peaceful protests as well as some violent ones. Marching through streets and sit ins, and filing many lawsuits were also affective tactics. ]]> 2021-03-24 18:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349511359 Results 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349522958 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed by President Lyndon Johnson outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, and later sexual orientation and gender identity. It prohibited unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and public accommodations, as well as employment discrimination.]]> 2021-03-24 18:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349522958 5. 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. 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349535774 2021-03-24 18:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349535774 People Involved 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349537984 Jim Obergefell, a civil rights activist who started fighting after his partner Arthur died, as well as many other LGBT activists. ]]> 2021-03-24 18:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349537984 Tactics 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349553365 He filed a lawsuit that made its way to the supreme court. He also wrote books to educate people on this matter. ]]> 2021-03-24 18:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349553365 Results 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349564183 In Obergefell V. Hodges (2015) the supreme court ruled in favor of Obergefell and legalized same sex marriages across the United States based on the Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. ]]> 2021-03-24 18:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349564183 6. Women are beginning to leave the household norm and instead work in corporate and other white-collar jobs. Unfortunately, they are being treated as less than men, being intimidated or treated differently, being paid less, and still expected to take care of the family. 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349577883 2021-03-24 18:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349577883 People Involved 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349580131 Many feminists in the 1970s as well as Richard Nixon are involved in this problem ]]> 2021-03-24 18:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349580131 Tactics 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349597402 Feminists lobbied congress to try and convince them to add women (sex) in to the original Title IX. ]]> 2021-03-24 18:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349597402 Results 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349602670 Richard Nixon signed in to the law Title IX of the Civil Rights Act which prohibited discrimination of sex in all federally funded education programs including  discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance]]> 2021-03-24 18:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349602670 7. 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. 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349621103 2021-03-24 18:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349621103 People involved 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349623330 Many Latin immigrants fought for their civil rights following people such as Cesar Chavez a prominent Latino American Civil Rights activist along with the United Farm Workers Labor Union. Peter Hernandez, a Mexican-American agricultural laborer was also very influential. ]]> 2021-03-24 18:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349623330 Tactics 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349638152 Latin American immigrants and workers protested and marched many times as well as completing fasts and boycotts such as the Grape boycott, they also filed lawsuits to gain rights. ]]> 2021-03-24 18:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349638152 Results 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349651602 In Hernandez V. Texas (1954), Peter Hernandez was convicted of the murder of Joe Espinosa to which his legal team appealed arguing that he was being discriminated against because there were no Mexicans in the jury that convicted him. This appeal made its way to the Supreme Court who unanimously ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to all racial and ethnic groups facing discrimination, effectively broadening civil rights laws to include Hispanics and all other nonwhites. This was the first and only Mexican-American civil rights case heard in the United States Supreme Court. ]]> 2021-03-24 18:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349651602 8. People who are LGBT are being arrested for simply being open about their sexual orientations and fired for being open at their jobs. 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349670168 2021-03-24 19:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349670168 People Involved 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349671000 A numerous amount of members of the LGBT community who have faced these problems such as Ellen DeGeneres. The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association is also involved as well as Gerald Bostock. President Barack Obama was also involved as he passed many laws to help LGBT rights. ]]> 2021-03-24 19:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349671000 Tactics 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349687635 LGBT parades is a large part of tactics as well as media coverage with famous people being more open about being apart of the LGBT community they are gaining more support. They also filed lawsuits for their civil rights. ]]> 2021-03-24 19:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349687635 Results 20576042 https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349693570 In In Bostock V. Clayton County the supreme court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because they are gay or transgender. In the Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Obama certified that the military was ready to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” meaning people in the military no longer needed to lie about who they are and their sexuality in order to serve their country. ]]> 2021-03-24 19:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20576042/m7ijzkrspwiq8m9v/wish/1349693570