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These are the important key points of lecture slides of Introduction to American Government are:Politics and Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Thirteenth Amendment, Jim Crow Laws, Plessy V Ferguson, Equal Protection, African Americans, March On Washington, Gender Equality, Weekly Earnings
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Definition
Political Scientist James MacGregor Burns defines civil rights thusly
Slavery, Segregation, and the Constitution
Three constitutional amendments were aimed at
providing protection for African Americans
-Thirteenth Amendment (1865): Outlawed slavery -Fourteenth Amendment (1868): Guaranteed equal protection of the laws -Fifteenth Amendment (1870): Guaranteed voting rights to all persons
Jim Crow Laws were enacted which mandated
rigid racial segregation throughout southern
society
Equal Protection and the Laws
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) sought to use the courts to challenge segregation and discrimination
NAACP was created at a moment when African Americans faced their greatest hostility from American society
Equal Protection and the Laws
In 1953, the Supreme
Court heard the case of
Brown v. Board of
Education , argued by
NAACP attorney,
Thurgood Marshall
Court overturned Plessy v.
Ferguson
Equality: Opportunity
Minority Life Chances
Versus Results
The Earnings Gap: Median Weekly Earnings of Men and Women