GOVT2305: Federal Government
Lecture 17: Civil Rights

Agenda

• Today

    - Announcements
    - Civil Rights Introduction

• Wednesday

    - Civil Rights

Announcements

• Reminder: Module 4 Quiz Online: April 25-28
• Final Exam Review: April 30
• Final Exam: May 5

Civil Rights vs Civil Liberties

Civil Rights vs Civil Liberties

What is the difference?

• Civil liberties protect individuals from tyranny

They protect individuals from abuse of the massive power of government to commit organized violence

Civil Rights vs Civil Liberties

What is the difference?

• Civil liberties protect individuals from tyranny

• Civil rights protect individuals from discrimination

Civil Rights vs Civil Liberties

What is the difference?

• Civil liberties protect individuals from tyranny

• Civil rights protect individuals from discrimination

How are they related?

Civil Rights vs Civil Liberties

What is the difference?

• Civil liberties protect individuals from tyranny
• Civil rights protect individuals from discrimination

How are they related?

Answer: Early civil rights were heavily focused on expanding basic liberties to those that had not been enjoying them. Ending discrimination in the application of civil liberties.

Civil Rights: Two approaches

Martin Luther King, Jr.: I have a dream

I have a dream speech

Civil Rights: Two approaches

Malcolm X: By any means necessary

By any means necessary speech

Civil Rights: Two approaches

Malcolm X: Democracy is hypocrisy

Democracy is hypocrisy speech

Civil Rights: Two approaches

Malcolm’s most famous speech was probably “The Ballot or the Bullet”

The Ballot or the Bullet

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