Aguirre, Casazza, Moi, Reos
Social Movements in the 60´s
Gains for Minorities
Affirmative Action
discrimination to minorities in education and work
philosophy
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES=EQUAL SUCCESS
Native Americans
achivements
tribes control over their affairs, land and school
American Indian Movement
more independence in their own affairs
Immigrants workers
Chicago Movement
rights
better pay
main figure
Cesar Chavez
the counter culture
Achivements
many changes in American Society
broke some taboos
cultural roles
music
psychedelic rock
Art
Pop culture
Philosophy
drop out
turn on
Tune in
center
San Francisco California
characteristics
experimented with drugs
LSD
explored Eastern religions
lived in communes
rejected
sexual taboos
the Vietnam war
former cultural standars
the hippie culture
the disillusioned white middle class youth
Women Liberation Movement
Inspired the creation of
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
National Organization for Women
achievements
Roe vs. Wade, 1973
Women had the right to choose to have an abortion if they wanted
social roles and expectations for women changed
goals
freedom
control of their own lifes
equal rights and opportunities for men and women
housewifes, college students, minorities and celebrities
lead to
the feminist movement
the new left
organizations
The Nuclear Freeze Movement
Free Speech Movements
Students for a democratic society
campaigned
for
the returned of power in hands of the military to the people
free spech
against
the college draft deference
the disproportion of minorities and poor who were drafted into the war
The Vietnam War
who were they?
college students activists dissapointed by the government
