A | B |
de jure | segregation by law |
de facto | segregation by practice or custom |
Civil Rights Act of 1968 | banned discrimination in housing |
Nation of Islam | this is an American organization of Black Muslims |
Stokely Carmichael | this SNCC leader was recruited into the Black Panthers |
de jure | this type of segregation is addressed by the Civil Rights Act of 1968 |
Black Panthers | this political party was formed to fight against police brutality in the ghetto |
Malcolm X | this former minister of the Nation of Islam was shot and killed by three men |
Black Power | this slogan was used by Stokely Carmichael and others to express African-American pride |
Phyllis Schlafly | she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment |
feminism | this is the theory behind the women's movement |
Equal Rights Amendment | this was passed by the Congress but never ratified by the states |
Gloria Steinem | she co-founded "Ms." magazine and the National WOmen's Political Caucus |
Betty Friedan | in "The Feminine Mystique", she wrote about "the problem that has no name." |
National Organization for Women | this organization was created to pursue more activley the goals of the women's movement |
Roe v. Wade | this resulted in the recognition of a woman's right to have an abortion in the first three months of pregnancy |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | this legal "tool" of the women's rights movement was, strangely enough, provided by opponents of civil rights |
Equal Rights Amendment | among other things, this pushes for the creation of more child-care facilities and for improved educational opportunities for women |