SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF THE 60S & 70SCivil Rights, Women, Hippies & the Environment

THE CIVIL RIGHTSMOVEMENT

THE PLAYERS

Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Malcolm X Nation of Islam

Black Panthers

Supporters of Non-Violent Methods

Supporters of Violent-Methods

STOKLEY

CARMICH

AEL:

African Americans should use their economic and political muscle to gain equality

THE PUSH FOR VOTING RIGHTS

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

“Freedom Summer” 1,000 volunteers

folld Mississippi to register African Americans to vote.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

“March in Selma” Pressured gov’t to

enact a voting rights act.

Heavily armed troopers attack marchers.

SNCC, 1960 SCLC, 1957

VICTORIES

Ø more literacy

tests

Ø more poll taxes

Voting Rights Act, 1965

24th Amendment, 1964

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT,1964 Banned

segregation in

public accommodations,

employment AND

public facilities

LOSSES…

April 4, 1968.

In the wake of his murder Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, which banned discrimination in housing.

WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT

The theory of political, social & economic equality

for men and women.

Rights gained in the civil rights movement

Discrimination against women

Unsatisfying roles Workforce limitations

& discrimination

Feminism Causes for the movement

WOMEN’S MOVEMENT

Betty Friedan Pres. of NOW “The Feminine

Mystique”

Gloria Steinem Ms. Magazine

Phyllis Schlafly Conservative Political activists Denounced

women’s lib as an “assualt on the family, on marriage, and on children.

Proponents Opponents

NOW: NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN

Established by Betty Friedan

Sought to win equality for women

Tried to get passage of ERA=Equal Rights Amendment

Worked to protect a woman’s right to an abortion

ROE V WADE

Passed in 1973

Gave women the right to legal abortions

THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT April 22, 1970=1st “Earth Day”EPA formed=Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Air Act (1970)

Clean Water Act (1973)Endangered Species Act (1973)Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962

RACHEL CARSON & SILENT SPRING

Published in 1962 Inspired much

environmental activism

Describes deadly impact of pesticides on wildlife

Eventually compelled Congress to restrict use of pesticide DDT.

COUNTERCULTURE OF THE 60S-70S

Grew out of the beatnik movement Emphasis on

freedom from materialism

Influenced by civil rights movement Questioned

traditional values

HIPPIES…

Youth generat

ion

Non-Judeo –Christia

n spiritual

ity

Peace, love,

freedom

Recreational

drug use

Open sexual

relationships

Rock n’ Roll

COUNTERCULTURE

Generation gap: Rebellion & misunderstanding between older & younger generations

Communes: lived together Haight-Ashbury: Center of

the counter-culture in district of San Francisco.

Experimented with drugs Listened to Rock n’ Roll &

speeches made by Timothy Leary

Encouraged youths to ““tune in,” “turn on” to drugs and “drop out” of mainstream society.