Mini Review of Civil Rights and Social Movements (Terms)

Civil Rights are defined as

• the rights of an individual to political and social freedom by virtue of citizenship

• the rights of states to political and social freedom by virtue of governing system

• the rights of governments to political and social freedom by virtue of creation

Social Movements are

• Fully organized effort to change or alter a law

• Large scale riots meant to create social discomfort to push for change

• Loosely organized effort by a large group of people, organizations, or groups using various methods in order to faciliate large scale social and societal change

American Indian Religious Freedom Act

• passed in 1897, focused on the ability to convert Native and Indigenous peoples into sects of the Judeo-Christian faith

• passed in 1978, allowed Native and Indigenous practices related to Native and Indigenous religions with few exceptions or restrictions for the first time since the arrival of European settlers.

• passed in 1902 and allowed for all bans of Native and Indigenous religious practices to be lifted for the first time since the arrival of European Settlers.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• pronounced 'snik' and it was the largest nationwide organization faciliated, run, and organized primarily by high school and university/college students during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

• pronounced 'snik' and it was the largest nationwide organization faciliated, run, and organized primarily by high school and university/college students during the Reconstruction era immediately following the Civil War during the late 1860s through the 1870s.

• pronounced 'snik' and it was the largest nationwide organization faciliated, run, and organized primarily by high school and university/college students during the emergence of the Black Power Movement of the 1970s and 1980s.

El Movimiento was the

• was the other name for the Chicano/La Raza Civil Rights movement primarially focused on the workers rights of Chicanos and other Latin American immigrant workers that emerged in the late 1960s.

• name for the Latinx movement of the early to late 2010s to the present focused on the expansion of Latin American representation across all forms of media, government, academia, and society as a whole.

• other name for the United Farm Workers Party Movement led by Cesar Chavez.

#BeingMicronesian is

• a controversial social movement focused on discrimination of Micronesians

• a hashtag focused on shedding light on AntiMicronesian sentiments, primarily in Hawaii and Guam, in order to facilitate conversations around solutions to combat it.

• an emerging social group focused on Micronesian empowerment.