POLI 172 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Statutory Rape, Conscription, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
26 Apr 2016
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The term civil rights refers to: equal rights for persons regardless of characteristics such as race, gender or religion equality before government; absence of discrimination by government, but our country did not begin with widespread civil rights. Discrimination against blacks: the institution of slavery existed from early colonial times. Burger court: authorized busing within school districts-ordinarily cities. Civil rights act of 1964: prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin in public accommodations. De facto segregation: segregation based on residential patterns. De jure segregation: segregation enforced by law. Dred scott case: chief justice roger taney, from tennessee, stated that blacks, whether slave or free, were not citizens. Equal pay act: requires that women and men receive equal pay for equal work. Equal protection clause: the primary guarantee that government would treat people equally. Great migration: between 1915 and 1940, more than a million southern blacks headed north.
