GOV 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Asian Americans, Mass Mobilization, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
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African american civil rights organizing and the assertion of equal p rotection of the laws. African americans: loss of post-civil war citizenship protections. Native americans: decline of sovereignty and loss of land rights. Mexican americans: loss of land rights and political marginalization of elites. Slow expansion of the black middle class. World war ii and the g. i bill of rights. Changing notions of federalism in new deal and after. Set the question of what does equal really mean? . 1957: establishes the civil rights commission (monitoring) 1960: establishes principle that federal government can monitor voting (monitoring and limited enforcement) 1964: barred discrimination in public accomodations and in employment (enforcement) Civil rights act of 1964 and voting rights act of 1965 were largely modeled on. The civil rights movement and the changed political atmosphere were needed to gain sufficient white support and to change the laws. Use of the courts to enforce constitutional protections (and willing of the.
