civil rights

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    NAACP

    The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
  • luclac

    is the oldest and most widely respected Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States of America. LULAC was created at a time in our country’s history when Hispanics were denied basic civil and human rights, despite contributions to American society. The founders of LULAC created an organization that empowers its members to create and develop opportunities where they are needed most.
  • g.i. bill

    If you have at least 90 days of aggregate active duty service after Sept. 10, 2001, and are still on active duty, or if you are an honorably discharged Veteran or were discharged with a service-connected disability after 30 days, you may be eligible for this VA-administered program.
  • Delgado v.s bastrop

    Until the late 1940s the public education system in Texas for Mexican Americans offered segregated campuses with often minimal facilities and a curriculum frequently limited to vocational training.
  • desegregation of the military

    Executive Order 9981 was an executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services.
  • 22nd amendment

    No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.
  • the student non-violent coordinating committee

    The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, often pronounced /ˈsnɪk/ snick) was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in 1960.
  • 23rd amendment

    gives residents of Washington D.C the right to vote for premium
    it passed June on 1960 and 3/4 appeal threshold of march 21 it helped the voting process
  • Malcom X

    The bold and articulate Malcolm X quickly became a pull for more militants to join the Nation of Islam, with appeals designed to highlight the hypocrisy of white elites. In response to the charge that the Nation was racist, Malcolm said, “If we react to white racism with a violent reaction, to me that’s not black racism. If you come to put a rope around my neck and I hang you for it, to me that’s not racism. Yours is racism, but my reaction has nothing to do with racism.”
  • national organization for women - betty friedman

    The National Organization for Women is an American feminist organization founded in 1966. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C.
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    BLACK PANTHER

    1.WE WANT FREEDOM WE WANT POWER TO DETERMINE THE DESTINY OF OUR BLACK AND OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES
    2.WE WANT FULL EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR PEOPLE
    3.WE WANT AN END TO THE ROBBERY BY THE CAPITALISTS OF OUR BLACK AND OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES
    4.WE WANT DECENT HOUSING
    5.WE WANT EDUCATION THAT TEACHES US OUR TRUE
    HISTORY AND OUR ROLE IN THE PRESENT-DAY SOCIETY
    6.WE WANT COMPLETELY FREE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL BLACK AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE
    7.WE WANT AN IMMEDIATE END TO POLICE BRUTALITY
  • la raza unida

    Partido Nacional de La Raza Unida (National United Peoples Party or United Race Party) is a former Hispanic political party centered on Chicano (Mexican-American) nationalism. It was born in the early 1970s and became prominent throughout Texas and Southern California.
  • edgewood v.s kirby

    situation
    -Kirby citing discrimination against students in poor schools in Texas
    ruling
    Mexican Americans,though not separate race were still entitled as a class to protection under the 14th amendment
    results
    Robin hood plan. gave 2,200 to every students in the district