Transcript Latinos and Native Americans Seek Equality

1. Do
you
know
this
guy?
Coolist
Guitarist
EVER!!
“The MAN” was an
insult minorities and
young hippies used
for old people in
places of POWER
Freddie
Prinze
Latinos, Native
Americans, and
Women Fight For
Equality
What did Latinos want?
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Demand that schools offer Spanish-speaking children
classes taught in their own language as well as
programs about their culture – Bilingual Education Act
1968
Get Latinos elected to Congress through the efforts of
La Raza Unida
LULAC 1929-fight segregation and other forms of
discrimination
Who was a leader?
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"Sí, se puede"?
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Cesar Chavez
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United Farm Workers Organizing Committee in 1966
– to seek higher wages and better working conditions
for Mexican-American migrant farm workers in
California
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UFW, was important because
◦ Grassroots Organization
◦ He worked in the fields with the Latino workers
◦ Non Violent Boycotts
but refused to be pushed
around.
What was the main objective of the American
Indian Movement (AIM) of the 1970’s?
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Return Native American lands, burial
grounds, and fishing and timber rights
25-50% of Native women getting
government medical care were sterilized
w/o their knowledge or permission
BIA stole $137,000,000,000 in funds
What did AIM do to bring attention to treaty
abuses?
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Trail of Broken Treaties- march on
Washington, D.C.
Took hostages/seized village at
Wounded Knee, SD
Took Alcatraz Island and refused to
leave until old treaties honored
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1972 Indian Education Act
1975 Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act
Several old treaty violations went to court and
Natives got land back
Name 2 factors that helped launch the women’s
movement.
-women’s entry into the workplace
-women’ involvement in the civil rights and
antiwar movements
What was the message of The Feminine
Mystique?
 That
many women felt unfulfilled and
were dissatisfied with their status in
society.
What was the significance of The Feminine
Mystique?
 It
helped galvanize women across the
country and fuel the women’s movement.
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National Women’s
Political Caucus
Title IX
Roe V. Wade
ERA
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Equality of rights under the law shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by
any State on account of sex.
Congress passed such an Amendment and
most states ratified it, but at the last minute
in 1982 it was stopped by a coalition of
conservatives led by Phyllis Schlafly and ERA
never passed.
Go to 3:00
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National Organization for Women
◦ Free child care
◦ Equal Rights Amendment
◦ No More “Glass Ceiling”: An invisible but very real,
resistance to promoting women into top positions.