civil rights

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  • naacp 1909

    the naacp was founded in 1909 on February 12th their method was to use lawyers and courts to argue the education received by african american students was inherently inferior since it sent the message
  • LULAC

    LARGEST and oldest Hispanic organization in the u.s goal was to advance economic condition education opportunities for hispanic
  • mendez vs.westminster

    the court addressed the segregation of mexican students that was brought to court they ruled the case as unconstitutional 8 unlawful the case resulted in California districts to repeal its school segregation laws
  • 1948 desegregation of the u.s military

    in February 1948 president truman created an important benchmark in the quest for african americans to fight along white troops which created a fair employment board to eliminate racial discrimination in federal employment this was one of the first times the u.s gov degenerated a gov job
  • delgado vs bastrop isd 1948

    delgado sued under the claim that separation of Mexican american students was a state law violation the u.s district court agreed and order the school district to top segregation of mexican american students
  • 22nd amendment

    limits the president to only 4 year terms in office before the 22nd amendment presidents traditionally served a max of two terms following the example set by George Washington
  • LULA

    the civil rights act to increase african american voting in the south the act created the civil rights commission and established a civil rights division in the u.s justice department
  • CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957

    the cause was african american voting rights in the south the effect was supposed to be that federal courts could register african american voters
  • 23 amendment

    the historical cause of it being possible at the time was because it gave the people who lived in washington dc the right to vote for representatives or a president
  • national organization for women

    the national organization for women is an american feminist organization founded in 1966.the organization consists of 550 chpaters
  • la raza unida

    raza unicla party established on January 17,1970 at a meting of 300 Mexican american in crystal city tx by jose angle.the goal was to bring better greater economic
  • black panther

    we want freedom,full employment ,robbery by the white man in our black community,decent housing,education,black men able to go to the military,
  • malcom x

    he founded the organization of afro american -unity in 1964 to unify blacks the oaau was designed to encompass all peoples of african original in the west hemisphere as well as these in the african continent