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Civil Rights Movement
This civil rights movement was a struggle by African Americans in the 1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to those of white people. This included equal opportunites in employment, education, and housing, and many other rights including the right to vote. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a strong activist and leader in this civil rights movement. -
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Multicultural Education
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Civil Rights Act Enacted
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a very important piece of legislation in the US that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act was passed by President Johnson as part of the "war on poverty", with the intention of creating equal rights to education for all no matter one's background. -
Project Head Start
Project Head Start was federally funded as a preschool program in order to provide comprehensive services to low-income children and their families. First Lady Johnson pictured visited this Head Start classroom in 1966 and provided encouragement to this program. -
Immigration Act of 1965
This act radically shifted national policy away from selecting immigrants by their national origin. Without special preference given to caucasian peoples, the US saw a rise in immigrants of other races. For example, Asian immigration rose from 6 percent to 35 percent between the 1950's and 1980's. -
Desegregation Busing
Desegregation busing intentionally assigned and transported students to schools in a way that intented to compensate the former racial segregation of schools. This aimed to overcome the effects of residential segregation on school demographics. -
Indian Education Act
The 1972 Indian Education Act was the key legislation that established a comprehensive approach in order to meet the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students. -
Equal Educational Opportunities Act
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act forbids discrimination and it requires schools to take strides in order to overcome any barriers that could prevent an equal protection for all. It's been especially important in protecting the rights of ESL students. -
Refugee Education Assistance Act
President Carter enacted this Act in order to bring Cuban and Hatian refugees to Florida and provide educational assistance to these refugees. -
Improving America's Schools Act
President Bill Clinton signed this act into agreement to reauthorize the ESEA of 1965 which increased funding for bilingual and immigrant education (Title 1) among other improvements.
