Ch.
Redefining Equality:
EQ: How did civil rights activists change their strategies and goals in the 1960s & 1970s, and
45 –
Black Power …
how successful were they in achieving racial equality?
45.0: Preview (answer in IAN)
45.1: Coach Schroeder reads introduction
45.2-4: Read Textbook – create a chart with timeline/pictures
- Each of these should be used to check your info that you recorded, cut out and placed on a timeline.
Date: 1959
Event: The Hate That Hate Produced airs
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This weeklong television special features Malcolm X.
The show brings widespread attention to Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam.
Date: 1965
Event: Watts riot
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Watts is an African American ghetto in Los Angeles.
In the six days of the riot, 34 people die, almost 900 are injured, and nearly
4,000 are arrested.
After more riots erupt in 1967, the Kerner Commission produces a detailed
study of the riots and their causes.
Date: 1966
Event: Black Panther Party is founded
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Bobby Seale and Huey Newton found the party in Oakland, California.
The Panther’s 10-point platform calls for black self-determination and
improvements in jobs, housing, education, and police treatment.
The Panthers provide services for blacks in their community and send out
observers to monitor interactions between police and blacks.
The Panthers carry weapons and are prepared to defend themselves.
Date: 1968
Event: Civil Rights Act of 1968
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Congress passes the law days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.,
who had taken on the issue of racial discrimination in housing.
The law includes a fair-housing component that bans discrimination in
housing sales and rentals.
The law gives the federal government authority to file lawsuits against those
who violate the law.
Date: 1969
Event: Congressional Black Caucus is formed
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In 1968, Shirley Chisholm of New York became the first woman to win
election to the House of Representatives.
In 1969, the black members of the House of Representatives form the caucus.
Over the years, the caucus has worked to address legislative concerns of
African Americans.
Date: 1971
Event: Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
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This case raises the question of whether de facto segregation caused by
housing patterns is constitutional in North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg
School District.
A year earlier, a federal judge ordered the district to use busing to integrate
its schools.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court supports the busing plan.
Date: 1977
Event: Roots airs
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This 12-hour miniseries is one of the most highly rated shows in TV history.
Based on a historical novel by Alex Haley, Roots tells the story of several
generations of an enslaved black family.
More than 250 colleges plan courses around the broadcasts and more than 30
cities have “Roots” weeks.
Date: 1978
Event: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
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In the late 1970s, a white male, Allan Bakke, challenged preferential
treatment in university admissions.
He concluded that he had been refused admission to medical school based on
his race and sued for reverse discrimination.
The Supreme Court is deeply divided on the case.
Four judges are firmly against any use of race in university admissions.
Another four feel just as strongly that race should be used.
Bakke wins the case and is admitted to medical school.
The Court declares that race can be used as a criterion for college admission,
but cannot be the only criterion.