History 102 COLLEGE FINAL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND RACE RELATIONS

COLLEGE FINAL 12/07/24

1945-1968

1948

• Cold War erupts: anti-colonial movements

  1950: Brown v. board of education

!960: 

• Rising standards of living 

• Many were able to move to suburbs (majority whites)

• Suburban segregation. 

• Non-whites (small towns/cities)  separated from whites (suburbs) 

• Civil rights movement, goals: end Jim Crow, end voting restrictions, less than 10% AA can vote, end racial discrimination. 

Methods: Sit-ins, marches, boycotts, speeches

• Got: civil rights act, improved race relations, 

• American Indian movement

• Asian American movement

• Black power movement( Malcom X)

1968

• Vietnam war, 

• Got: anti-war movements, un ease with morals and costs 

• Demonstrations, folk music, changed public opinion

1968-1990s

1968

• Vietnam war, 

• Got: anti-war movements, un ease with morals and costs 

• Demonstrations, and folk music, changed public opinion

1970

• POC blamed “the man” (government)

• Anti-war protests repressed 

• Women's rights movements: equal rights and opportunities 

1980

• Regan, racist, elected

• New right: traditional, law and order, gov prob not sol. 

• Tax cuts for the rich and inequality, 

• Poor got pooer

• Political protests, peace dividend

1990s:

• Race relations are harder now: Rodney King Killing (LA Riot)

• Anti-immigrant politics

• Anita Hill story, women's movement again, harasser got to go into congress 

• Prop 187, allows immigrants to receive non-emergency healthcare 

2000-2024

2000-10s

• Inequality based on race, class, gender, sexuality, immigration status

• BLM

• Me too

• Immigrant and LGBTQ rights

• Gay marriage movement 

• 9/11 war on terror 

• Gun violence

• Mass shooting 

• Anti-gun movements (Sandy Hook organization) 

2020s

• BLM movement

• 4B movement

• Trump attacks civil liberties

• Roe V. Wade Overturned

• My Body, My choice (pro-choice) Movement

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