POS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Emmett Till, Civil Liberties

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2 Jun 2018

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Civil Rights v Civil Liberties

• Civil rights

o Equal treatment BY the government

o Central rights necessary to ensure full participation in the political and civil life of a

society

o Guarantees political equality

• Civil liberties

o Freedoms protected by constitutional provisions and laws FROM certain types of

government interference

▪ Bill of rights

▪ First 10 amendments

Civil Rights

• Government guarantees of equality for all people in the US regarding

o The exercise of political rights

o Judicial proceedings

o Treatment by public officials

o Access to and enjoyment of the benefits of government programs

Brown v. Board of Education

• 1954 – brown decision

• 1955 – death of Emmett Till

• 1955 – Brown II

o Desegregate with all delierate speed

• 1957 – little rok nine integrated

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