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The Untied Farm Workers Movement
This group led by the prestigious Cesar Chavez innovated social protest and ended up pushing the U.S. into a new era of social justice. This union was formed to dispute unfair labor conditions and pay in California , and across the U.S. It was a nonviolent group made of many with different racial and ethnic backgrounds, together they worked to make one of the most successful and influential movements in history, by nonviolence, and persuading consumer boycotts. -
Equal pay act 1963
Women where a big part of this because they wanted equal pay. JFK signed the project. This what put in place so women could get equal pay for women. It happened all over america. Women were not getting paid as much as men so they went to try to get equal pay. -
The California Grape Boycott
After years of poor pay and bad conditions, Filipino members of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, sought out to join forces with Cesar Chavez and The National Farm Workers Association. These farmers led by the courageous Cesar Chavez used nonviolent tactics to get their message across the nation and to secure better conditions. Chavez used the works of Gandhi and M.L.K. to plan nonviolent strikes, boycotts, and marches including the one from Delano to Sacramento. By 1970 it worked. -
Formation and goals of N.O.W
N.O.W National Organization for Women. This organization is to protect equal rights of women. It was brought up to help women become equal in the working place. N.O.W was founded by a group of women. They wanted to have equal rights in the working place. -
The Brown Berets
The Brown Berets were a militant Mexican American civil rights group, modeled after the Black Panthers. Their reason for forming, and their goal was to stand up and fight against discrimination, and to protect their community from police brutality. They also had a hand in issues regarding educational reform, farm workers struggles, and anti war activism. This group of people and movement were formed by David Sanchez, a Chicano High School student worked with others to form the YCAA -
Chicano "blowouts"
The Chicano Blowouts also known as the East L.A. Walkouts was the largest assembly of Mexican American Youth Leaders in L.A. history. This group, made mostly of Chicano high school students organized and carried out a series of protests, where they would walkout of school. These protests were to show their dissatisfaction, and contempt for unequal conditions in the school system. At the peak of their movement they had around 22,000 students storming out of class in protest. -
Formation and goals of the American Indian Movement (AIM)
This movement was similar to the Black Panthers and Brown Berets as they were a militant civil rights organization. This movements first cause was to help impoverished Indians stuck in urban ghettos, who were there because of government regulations that pushed them off of their reservations. Later they had more demands and goals for economic independence, preservation of traditional culture and legal rights and to have their illegally seized land and tribal areas returned to them. -
Stonewall riots
Police raided a gay bar. The police say it was because they were serving alcohol without a license but they did it because it was a ay bar. Than after the police did this there were riots in the streets to fight for gay rights. -
Occupation of Alcatraz
The Native Americans Occupation of Alcatraz was a activist protest, led by Richard Oakes they formed the Indians Of all Tribes.The party of about 89 people lived and protested on Alcatraz Island for 19 months. They demanded the island be sold back to their people for the same price the government had originally bought it for, 47 cents per acre. They were forced out, under the threat of being charged with felonies. The protest brought attention to the IOAT and AIM movement. -
La Raza Unida
La Raza Unida was another Chicano Nationalist Organization. Their main goal was to involve more Mexican Americans in politics, they wanted more to vote, and for more to be in seats of power in the government, so as to have their community wants and needs to be addressed and fulfilled. Their used confrontational politics based on information as their tactic. And so the five men from St.Mary's University successfully created MAYO and a political party in which to represent themselves. -
Phyllis Schlafly and The Defeat Of The ERA
phyllis schlafly started to campian to get rid of the era. She wanted equal rights. Phyllis Schlafly was a lawyer. So she took this stuff to court and would fight for equal rights for women. -
Start and goals of the Trail of Broken Treaties
The Trail of Broken Treaties was a series of nation wide protests, to bring attention and change to problems facing them, including inadequate housing, treaty rights and poor living standards. They were formed by all of the large Native American activist organizations working together, including AIM. They came up with a 20 point position paper listing demands and stormed to Washington D.C. to protest and discuss their demands with The Nixon Administration. After a week they negotiated. -
Goals of Equal Rights Amendment
Jfk was involved and so were American women. The goals were that women were going to be treated equally. They wanted to have equal pay and equal opportunity. Women wanted to be treated like men. -
Roe V. Wade
This was a court case wear a women couldn't get a abortion. The court case ruled 7-2. The women could have a abortion but it has to be balanced with the state. The case made it so women could choose to have the kid or not. -
Siege at Wounded Knee(1973)
Wounded Knee was the site at which 300 of the Sioux were brutally massacred by U.S. Calvary in 1890. 200 Sioux led by members of AIM made a hostile take over of the area. They took 11 residents hostage and occupied the area for 71 days. They demanded that there were hearings and investigations of government actions that violated treaties they had with them. During that time they shot at any people, cars, and planes within rifle distance. Two members were killed, with many more being injured. -
The Murder of Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk was the first person to be openly gay being in a politician. He fought for equal rights for gays. He became a icon. He was making gay more acceptable. So when he got killed he couldn't finish his work. -
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
Many Native American reservations and communities were not doing well economically, and because of common gambling in their traditions and history they used it as a source of revenue. They used gambling/gaming as a source of profit as they created casinos and bingo parlors across California and Florida. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was put in place to do a few things including to regulate the operations, to protect gambling as a chance for economic development, and to protect from crime. -
Matthew Shepard
The murder of Matthew Shepard had an impact on the world and LGBTQ community as it brought international attention to hate crime and the LBGTQ activism movements. This student was beaten tortured and left to die because of his sexual orientation. This murder brought nation wide sympathy to the LGBTQ cause and even led to the the Matthew Shepard act, which was put in place to protect and prevent similar hate crimes. Matthew was a symbol for the community to stand behind for their civil rights.
