HIST 3645 Study Guide - Final Guide: Betty Friedan, Mary Wollstonecraft, Rodney King
30 Apr 2013
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Hist 3645 exam notes: identifications and significance - answer 2 of the 6 choices (25% each = 50%) Brown v. board of education (of topeka) - supreme court decision in 1954 that reversed the. Separate, but equal law first enacted in the plessey vs. ferguson decision which officially began the process of racial segregation in american society. The decision warranted desegregation in public spaces and institutions, but many delays were faced by conservative backlash and other factors unwilling to adopt the new law. This decision strengthened the momentum of the civil rights movement to pursue racial equality and desegregation as its fundamental goals in the coming 1960s. 1964 civil rights act - an act that banned employment discrimination based on race or sex (gender). The passage of this bill proved to be one of the greatest accomplishments of the civil. Rights movement as well as the second-wave feminist movement.
