Bell Quiz

The NFL is currently considering making a rule that would ban the use of the “N-Word” by anyone on the field (even black players) and access any player who uses that word a 15 yard penalty. The NFL is also considering creating a list of “other banned words” that would be penalized.

Do you agree or disagree with the NFL? Why or why not?

13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

13th Amendments: Abolished Slavery

14th Amendments: 1) Provided citizenship to African-Americans. 2) Gave full equality under the law to African-Americans.

15th Amendment: African-American men given the right to vote.

Civil Rights Act of 1957 The first civil rights legislation

since Reconstruction. Established federal Commission

on Civil Rights Established a Civil Rights Division

in the Justice Department to enforce civil rights laws.

Federal government authorized to protect voting rights of all citizens.

24th Amendment

Ratified on January 24, 1964

Abolished poll taxes

The Children’s Crusade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCxE6i_SzoQ

Birmingham (Bombingham), Alabama 1963.

The Children’s Crusade led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Signed on July 2 1964 by President

Lyndon Johnson Prohibited discrimination because of

race, religion, national origin, and gender. Made segregation illegal anywhere in the U.S.

Enlarged federal power to protect voting rights and speed up school desegregation.

Established Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to ensure fair treatment in employment.

Banned discrimination in employment and in public accommodations.

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Signed August 6, 1965 in

response to the Selma Campaign. Eliminated literacy tests. Federal examiners registered

voters. Overall the percentage of

registered African American voters in the South tripled.

Civil Rights Act of 1968 Ended discrimination in

housing Prohibited discrimination in

the sale or rental of housing. Strengthened anti-lynching

laws. Made it a crime to harm civil

rights workers.

Group Assignment: No more than 4

Instructions: Use your technology to answer the following questions:1. Define Affirmative Action2. Why is Affirmative Action still needed?3. Is discrimination still a problem in America

in the areas of pay, jobs, and education? Provide evidence with statistics for each of the three areas.

4. http://www.civilrights.org/equal-opportunity/fact-sheets/fact_sheet_packet.pdf

Affirmative Action QR Code

Affirmative Action Affirmative action programs involve making

special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination in the past.

Affirmative action programs have allowed women and minorities entry into professions formerly off limits to them.

Many colleges and almost all companies that do business with the federal government adopted these programs.

In the late 1970s, some people began to criticize affirmative action programs as “reverse discrimination”

Argument was that affirmative action set minority hiring or enrollment quotas and deprived whites of opportunities.

Today the fate of affirmative action is still being debated.

Examples of Affirmative Actions• Federal government contracts: Boeing• College application• NFL Rooney Rule: $250,000 fine (3

Black Head Coaches in 2013; 4 Black Head Coaches in 2014; just 13%) *32 NFL teams

• Marvin Lewis (Bengals), Mike Tomlin (Steelers), Lovie Smith (Buccaneers), Jim Caldwell (Lions)

• In 2013: 67% of NFL players are black; 31% were white