The Civil Rights Movement influenced other minority groups to form their own movements to fight discrimination in the 1960s-1970s. The Chicano Movement fought for equal opportunities for Mexican Americans, drawing inspiration from Civil Rights tactics. The American Indian Movement protested broken treaties and poor government policy through highly publicized demonstrations. The Asian American Movement saw college students lead protests against a history of discrimination. And the Women's Rights Movement aimed to establish gender equality through new programs and laws like the EEOC.

1. Bell ringer
In five sentences or more answer the
following question:
How do you think that the
mainstream Civil Rights Movement
affected other minority groups?

2. OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT

3. Chicano Movement
• Is also called brown power movement
comprised of Mexican Americans and
other Latinos who fought
discrimination and demanded equal
opportunities
• The Chicano movement consisted of
mostly college students and young
adults
• Cesar Chavez was one of the leaders
of the Chicano movement, and drew
heavily on the Civil Rights Movement.

4. American Indian Movement
• The American Indian Movement (AIM),
a militant American Indian civil rights,
• originally was formed to help American
Indians in urban ghettos or on
reservation
• AIM was involved in many highly
publicized protests
• Most of AIM’s protests involved
protesting violation of Indian Treaties
(March on Washington 1972) or to
protest the government's Indian policy
(Occupation of Wounded Knee 1973).

5. Asian American Movement
• In the late 1960’s, large number of
Asian Americans, particularly
college students,
• Goal: to protest a long history of
discrimination
• The Asian American Movement
successfully persuaded officials to
develop Asian studies programs on
college campuses

6. 1960s Women’s Rights Movement
• Also called the feminist movement.
• Goal was aimed at defining, establishing, and
defending equal political, economic, and
social rights for women.
• Help create the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, EEOC, (1965)
• The EEOC: gave women access to jobs that
had a long history of employers who
discriminated against women were required
to provide timetables for increasing the
number of women in their workforces