CIVIL RIGHTS AS ELITE PREFERENCES


I.    ELITE AND MASS OPINIONS ON RACE

II.    OVERVIEW OF POLICIES

III.     CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS

    A.    SEGREGATION

    B.    BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION

    C.    BUSSING

        1.   SWANN V. CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG BOARD OF EDUCATION

        2.   BOARD OF ED. OF OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. DOWELL

IV.     POPULAR RESPONSE

    A.    DEMONSTRATIONS

    B.    RESISTANCE IN THE SOUTH

    C.    PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS

        1.   EXECUTIVE ORDERS

        2.   LITTLE ROCK CRISIS

    D.    CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS

        1.     1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

            a.    Title VII

            b.    Title II

        2.     1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT

        3.     1968 HOUSING ACT

V.     AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/RACIAL PREFERENCES (A BRIEF HISTORY)

        1.    PRO-POSITION

        2.    CON-POSITION

    A.    INEQUALITY OF RESULTS

    B.    EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY CHALLENGED

    C.    EXECUTIVE ACTIONS

    D.    SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

        1 .   CALIFORNIA V. BAAKE (1978)

        2.    ADARAND V. PENA (1995)

        3.    GRUTTER V. BOLLINGER (2003)

VI.     GENDER DISCRIMINATION

    A.    PROTECTIONISM

    B.    SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT

    C.    LEGAL EQUALITY

        1.    EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

        2.    SUPREME COURT ACTION

            a.    REED V. REED (1971)

            b.    FRONTIERO V. RICHARDSON (1973)

    D.    PROTECTIONISM PLUS -  COMPARABLE WORTH (critiqued)

   VII.     ABORTION

    A.    EARLY STATUS

    B.    ROE V. WADE

    C.    VIABILITY TEST

        1.     WEBSTER V. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES (1989)

        2.    PLANNED PARENTHOOD V. CASEY (1992)       


Key Web Sites

Important Court Cases Shaping School Desegregation

Glossary of Civil Rights Terms

Center for American Women and Politics

Center for Equal Opportunity

Timeline of Women's Rights Development