ISS 335 Lecture Notes - Social Inequality, Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
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Stratification: a structure of social inequality, similar to layered rocks. The wealthiest 1% of families hold more wealth than the bottom 90% combined. Jim crow: segregation laws between blacks and whites that were primarily but not exclusively in the south. Used passive resistance and civil disobedience (the act of passively refusing to obey unjust laws) Believed in opposing unjust laws in a peaceful fashion. This mobilized support through the media and eventually led to three laws: 1964 civil rights act. Prohibited discrimination in public places, in employment, and in schools. Prohibited discrimination in voting: 1968 civil rights act.