CIVIL RIGHTS

GAY RIGHTS

• Many LGBT ACTIVISTS WANTED SAME SEX MARRIAGE
• 35 states legalize same-sex marriage
• 15 states banned it

AFRICAN- AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS

• Civil rights of 1964
• Jim Crow laws
• Racial segregation
• Birmingham boycott

SUPREME COURT

• Many civil rights movements are so controversial they go to the Supreme Court, and they can changed how we live
• Plessy v. Ferguson -"separate but not equal" if it wasnt for this today many of us would not be together in this room
• Jim Crow laws -were laws racial segregation laws that caused legal segregation

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS OF THE PAST

• Segregation was a big thing in the early 90's
• Equality
• Discrimination

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS TODAY

• Recent events like ferguson and eric gardner have sparked more civil rights events
• The legalization of same-sex marriage in all 50 states is another major movement

ACTIVISTS

• Jason collins- 1st gay nba player
• Micheal sam-first gay athlete in college and professional footbal
• Martin luther king jr.-african American
• Thurgood marshall -first black Supreme Court member
• Ellen DeGeneres -LGBT ACTIVISTS

YOUTH INVOLVEMENT

• A lot of kids are getting involved in protesting
• Many kids are joining the marches
• A lot of youth in New York are taking part in sit in
• College students rode on busses through the south some were killed and beatin

PROTESTS

• There are many ways you can protest
• Sit-ins
• Boycotting
• Riots
• Protest marches

STATS

• More than 3,000 whites attacked the freedom riders
• 13 people rode the bus
• 36.2% 36.2% 37.3% 36.2% 35.8% 35.4% 35.1% 34.9% 35.5% 35.9% 37.0% 35.6% 36.0% 35.9% 35.4% 33.7% 35.3%
• From 1997-2013