ACTIVITY SHEET
Rights Revolution: Civil Rights and Liberties
for Minorities
Instructions: You are to work with the other members of your group to develop a short written
presentation (no more than three pages) and a timeline tracing the evolution and expansion
of freedom of civil rights and liberties for minorities, which you will share with the entire class.
One member of your group will introduce the material with a three-to five-minute overview.
The other members of the group will answer any questions the class has about the material.The Supreme Court played a major role in expanding civil rights and liberties for minorities,
as did Congress. Begin your research by investigating the decisions and laws below. Then,
broaden your research to include other factors important in extending this right.You presentation should address:Rights Revolution: Civil Rights and Liberties
for Minorities
| • | Court decisions |
| • | Groups important in advocating for the expansion of minority rights |
| • | Political conditions and, if appropriate, laws extending minority rights |
| • | Social conditions important in expanding this right |
IMPORTANT SUPREME COURT CASES AND LAWS
| Boynton v. Virginia | |
| Brown v. Board of Education | |
| Civil Rights Act 1964 | |
| Harper v. State Board of Elections | |
| Loving v. Virginia | |
| Shelley v. Kraemer | |
| South Carolina v. Katzenbach | |
| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education | |
| Sweatt v. Painter | |
| Voting Rights Act 1965 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Using Deliberative Techniques to Teach United States History.
Contributors: Eleanora Von Dehsen - Author, Nancy Claxton - Author.
Publisher: International Debate Education Association.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2009.
Page number: 175.
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