Civil Rights
Part 1:
1. Explain the history of Civil Rights in the United States.
2. Next, explain what the ramifications were of the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown vs Board of Education. How did this expand civil rights in the US
3. Finally, explain the importance of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Use the text and resources below:
Civil Rights Movement
https://nwlc.org/issue/equal-pay-and-the-wage-gap/
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement
The Civil Rights Movement in America 1945 to 1968
https://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act
VRA Anniversary Letter to House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte
History of Voting Rights—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URMb2D3kFZQ
Part 2:
[Module Learning Objectives Assessed: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3]
Women’s Rights
https://www.aclu.org/other/equal-pay-equal-work-pass-paycheck-fairness-act?redirect=womens-rights/equal-pay-equal-work-pass-paycheck-fairness-act
https://nwlc.org/issue/equal-pay-and-the-wage-gap/
Explain how women have gained substantial protection against discrimination through laws and court cases.
Then, using the links below explain why some women believe that there is still significant work to be done in expanding civil rights?
Use the text and resources below:
Equal Pay for Equal Work: Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
Equal Pay and the Wage Gap
Once you have posted your response, the other students’ responses will appear. Please read over the other students’ response and then reply to at least one classmate. In your reply identify something you had not previously been aware of or something which challenges you to think differently.
Your response must be at least 300 words. List all web resources and referenced materials that were used. You must use the APA citation style format in listing references used and in parenthetical citations.
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Part 1:
1. Explain the history of Civil Rights in the United States appeared first on Homeworkassisters.
