How Far Did Other Minority Groups Achieve Civil Rights From 1960-80? Flashcards

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Native Indians and the BIA

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Didn’t trust the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as it shifted between breaking up or supporting tribal resilience
Break up culture and customs
Seen as instrumental in wman oppression, reputation of corruption

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AIM vs NCAI

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American Indian Movt- more radical, anti federal stance, younger founders, ‘Red Power’, focus on culture
National Congress of American Indians- worked with the system

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Nixon’s actions for Native Americans (+)

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Rejected termination and forced assimilation
Advisors spoke to tribal leaders
1972 Indian education act (funds for tribal schools)
1974 Indian Financing Act (lent tribes funding)
1975 Indian Self Determination Act (kept BIA but contracted out services such as health and education)

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Hispanic Americans and Bracero programme

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Mexican immigration programme run by US govt

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Issues of Hispanic Americans

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Land border of USA and Mexico
Workers rights and exploitation
Discrimination and deportation

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Cesar Chavez

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Fought non violent campaign for farm workers rights: focus of working conditions
Established workers unions, strikes, marches and protests

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Reuis Lopez Tijerina

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Organised protests about Mexican land rights in New Mexico

Marches, mass demonstrations and campins, signed agreement with Black Power Leaders

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Rodolfo Gonzales

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Focus on race, favoured radical methods, established Crusade for Justice

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Brown Berets

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Activation of Hispanics in politics, anti police brutality, young militant group

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Gains of Hispanic Americans

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1954 SCourt rule as equal citizens
1966 Cuban Adjustment Act: Cubans of 1 year residency were permanent
Educational rights through limited English proficient
74: equal opportunities act
75: Voting Rights Act

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Limitations of Hispanic Americans

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Civ rights campaign didn’t produce changes
Land issues not settled
Levels of change varied from place to place

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Homosexuality pre 60s

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Viewed as ‘invisible disease’ (made people fearful, like communists)
Not part of visible racial group

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Persecution of homosexualities

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1950s: congress name as mental illness
‘Lavender Scare’ runs parallel to ‘Red Scare’
Not de criminalised entirely until 2003
Challenge to illegality of homosexuality in every state, use HR law and 1964 no discrimination for race or gender should apply

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Stonewall Inn Incident

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1969 Police Raid on NY gay bare turns violent
Turning point as the ability to gather sizeable protest march
Formed the gay rights movement

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Expansion of the Gay Rights movt in 60s and 70s

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Gay Liberation Front- many joined/ set up own groups
Predominantly liberal era
1977 polls: 50% believed in gay rights
San Fran, NY, Chicago

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Resistance to gay rights

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Certain anti gay groups
KKK most extreme
Hostility, eg ‘Bible Belt’
Mostly south, due to religious fundamentalism

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Gay rights movt and its connection to others

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Black CR: community of oppressed minority

Counter culture and hippy movt: model for how to live outside a social norm, ‘authentic self’ and self expression

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Gains of the gay rights movt

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1974 Kathy Kozachenko first openly gay candidate to public office
1977 Harvey Milk elected to office, 1st openly gay official that made clear his sexuality impacted both political activity and private life
Positive gay initiatives at stage and local level
79-81 Cali appointed 4 openly gay state judges

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Limitations of gay rights movt

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Campaigns anti gay rights
Briggs Initiative
Religious groups and ultra conservatives- Reagan anti
Anita Bryant- ‘Save Our Children’

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Links of Hispanic Americans, gay rights, Native American campaigns

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Equality
Discrimination
Violence used at some point