Unit 11. During the late 1960’s some African-American’s became more militant, felt non-violence...
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Unit 11. During the late 1960’s some African-American’s became more militant, felt non-violence wasn’t working fast enough Led to The Black Power Movement
During the late 1960s some African-Americans became more
militant, felt non-violence wasnt working fast enough Led to The
Black Power Movement that believed African Americans should rely
more on themselves -control their own communities to free
themselves from the domination of white culture
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Searched for a new identity by rejecting American white culture
and developing their own style, Afro haircuts and African based
fashion -Created new groups like the Black Panthers who demanded
equal opportunities and reparations for past oppression -Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee barred white participation and
wanted immediate action
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Black Muslims-believed African Americans should adopt Islam and
form their own black state -Malcolm X a leading black Muslim,
believed that violence might be necessary to achieve equal rights,
and wanted blacks to control their own businesses
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In the North, African Americans faced segregation in living
patterns not state laws -most blacks were confined to ghettos -In
1968, African American frustration led to rioting in cities after
the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr -Commission looked
into cause of unrest and found a lack of job opportunities, urban
poverty, and racism -Showed the country that a lot of work lay
ahead to achieve equality
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In the 1960s The Chicano Movement emerged in the US in which
Mexican Americans sought to correct past discrimination and racism
-began with migrant farm workers in California
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Cesar Chavez--fought for the rights of Mexican American migrant
farm workers, to get better pay and working conditions -he started
the United Farm Workers with Dolores Huerta who also wanted to
extend aid to families of farm workers -they used nonviolent
protests, nation wide boycotts, and hunger strikes until laws were
passed
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Mexican Americans also struggled for equality in voting,
employment and politics -Hector Perez Garcia- fought discrimination
against Mexican Americans in public facilities and jobs -became the
first Mexican- American to serve on the US Commission on Civil
Rights
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The Chicano Mural Movement -Chicano Wall murals began as a
celebration of Mexican American culture -Spread throughout US
giving a visual presence for people who lacked representation in
public life
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A series of court cases ended the Segregation of Mexican
Americans in the US. These Court Cases expanded equal rights to
more minorities. -Mendez v Westminster ISD (1947)no segregation of
Mexican- American children without specific state law -Delgado v
Bastrop ISD (1948)-Segregation of Mexican-American children in
schools in Texas is illegal
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-Hernandez v Texas (1954)Mexican-Americans cannot be excluded
in practice from juries, and given class protection under the 14 th
amendment -White v Register (1973)Required single member voting
districts so local groups could elect their own representatives
-Edgewood v Kirby (1984)states must revise its school funding
system to increase funding for poorer districts
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The American Indian Movement (AIM)-began as a response to state
sponsoring and control of reservations -states couldnt provide
necessary services so Red Power movement was created to raise
respect in the US for Indians
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-Used the occupation of government monuments Alcatraz
Island/Wounded Knee to bring attention -wanted federal govt help,
use of term Native-American, and a respect for their heritage and
against anti-Native American bias in the media
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The Youth Culture of the Sixties was created by the influences
of the baby boom generation -In the 1960s American youths rebelled
against the conforming behavior of their parents and wanted greater
personal freedoms -Challenged the materialism and establishment
they saw in influencing American society
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Youth culture of the 1960s was influenced by many generations
of music, art and literature -The Beat Generation of the 1950s
rebelled against the conformity of their era and produced poets and
writers, like Allen Ginsburg and Jack Kerouac who were forerunners
of this new counter- culture of the 60s -music began to influence
the young people beginning with Rock and Roll and Elvis Pressley in
the 1950s
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-In the 1960s Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut wrote books about
the absurdity of armed conflict -Rock music and the Beatles helped
to fuel the youth culture and antiwar movement of the 1960s
-Artists like Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol created art rebelling
against the mass consumer culture of the 1950s
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Hippies became symbol for the youth movement in the 1960s -had
long hair, new fashions, experimented openly with drugs and sex,
some even left mainstream society for self sufficient
communities
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The Youth Culture of the Sixties also begins the antiwar
movement during Vietnam -Led to the Twenty Sixth Amendment which
lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 -The right to vote is given to
all citizens 18 years & older