03-21-24 Civil Rights (Women/Latino/Age/Disability/

There are other groups who are fighting and have fought for their Civil Rights

• Women

  • Equal Pay

  • Lily Ledbetter Act

  • President Obama

    • Good for women’s rights

    • One of his first things he did in office had to do with women

• Issues regarding Latino

  • Over policing of neighborhoods

  • Language

  • Immigration

  • 19th Amendment

    • Right to vote

    • 1920

• Age

  • Not a specifically protected class in the constitution

  • Age discrimination in the workforce

  • Equal facilities (Nursing homes and Hospitals)

  • Social security

• Juveniles

  • Aren’t protected by Supreme Court

  • Problems with due process

  • 8th Amendment

  • Right to privacy

  • Being tried as adults

• LGBTQ+

  • Healthcare

  • Education

  • Bullying

  • Gender based violence

  • Criminalization

• Disability Politics

  • 1800’s fighting for education rights

    • Founded death and blind education

  • Medical Abuse

    • Euthanization or lobotomizing

  • Ugly Law

    • Could not be seen in public

  • Former veterans helped form advocacy

    • they became disabled after war