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Lesson 8.06

Other Minority Groups Work for Equality

OBJECTIVE – To better understand other civil rights organizations and their efforts to use the momentum of the African American Civil Rights Movement to secure rights for their respective minority group.

DISCUSSION – When most people think of the Civil Rights Movement they assume the reference is to the struggle for African Americans to gain equality. While this group laid most of the groundwork many other groups used the tactics, and success of African American Civil Rights Movement to press for changes in other areas of inequality. Most notable were three groups; Mexican Americans, Indian Americans and women.

In some cases the issues were the same, voting rights, equality in education, and equity in jobs and pay. In some cases the issues were different, like in the case of the American Indian Movement who wanted restoration of native lands and protection of precious artifacts and burial grounds. Very often these organizations choose to mimic the pattern forged by the Civil Rights Movement and use non-violent, peaceful protest to raise national consciousness to the plight of the minority group. In other cases violence erupted as frustration levels grew. In all cases the biggest struggle was breaking stereotypes that were centuries old. In the end positive change was enacted and basic civil rights were extended many who had been denied them for generations.

Assignment 8.06 Other Minority Groups Work for Equality

ASSIGNMENT – Use the chapter “An Era of Social Change” in your textbook. Copy and paste the following graphic organizers into a Word document. As you read the information from the text complete the graphic organizers. When you have finish to the Assignment Area and click on “View/Complete Assignment 8.06 - Other Minority Groups Work for Equality”. Attach you complete Word document and click “Submit”.

Latinos and Native Americans

What Latinos campaigned for:	How did some Latino individuals and groups go about making changes?	What federal laws (if any) were passed to address these needs?
Improved working conditions and better treatment for farm workers.
Educational programs for Spanish-speaking students.
More political power.
What Native Americans campaigned for:	How did some Native American individuals and groups go about making changes?	What federal laws (if any) were passed to address these needs?
Healthier, more secure lives of their own choosing.
Restoration of Indian lands, burial grounds, fishing and timber rights.

Women Fight for Equality – as you read take notes to explain how each of the following helped start or advance the women’s movement.

Experiences in the workplace	Experiences in social activism
“Consciousness raising”	Feminism
Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique	Civil Rights Act of 1964
National Organization for Women (NOW)	*Gloria Steinem and Ms.* Magazine**
US Congress	Supreme Court