PPT-THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

Simple Justice Long Overdue Roberta W Francis CoChair ERA Task Force National Council of Womens Organizations July 2015 wwwequalrightsamendmentorg Section 1 Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Francis Co Chair ERA Task Force National Council of Womens Organizations ugust 2014 The proposed Equal Rights Amendment ERA to the United States Constitution is political and cultural inkblot onto which many people project their greatest hopes or de Intro. Bill of Rights. 1. st. = Five Freedoms . 2. nd. Amendment. Due Process. 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th. Conc.. Key Terms. Establishment Clause. Free Exercise Clause. Bill of Rights. First 10 Amendments to the US Constitution. Struggling Toward Fairness. Chapter 5. Martin Luther King, Jr.. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”. CIVIL RIGHTS. Policies designed to protect people against . arbitrary. or . discriminatory. treatment by government officials or individuals. DISCRIMINATION. RACIAL. GENDER. AGE. DISABILITY. SEXUAL ORIENTATION. Equal Protection Under the Law. The Civil War Amendments. Amendment 13 - Slavery Abolished. . 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their . The Movement 1950-1970. The Constitution. 13. th. Amendment (1865): . abolished slavery. 14. th. Amendment (1866): . Defines a citizen as anyone born or naturalized in the US. Equal protection of law clause. . Civil . Rights: the rights belonging to citizens . Synonym :. Segregation. : separation based on . race. Synonym :. Equal . protection: the government will protect everyone’s rights . equally. Synonym :. Illustration. What happens because we . have. this right?. What could happen without . this right?. . Amendment 1. Freedom of and the right to Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition and Speech. RAPPS. 1954-1975. 15.1. Origins of the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by Dep. Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 22, 1956, two months after she refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger. Her action prompted the Montgomery bus boycott and sparked the civil rights movement.. The freedoms of religion, speech, press, peaceably assemble and petition the govt.. Establishment clause. - . g. ovt. cannot establish an official religion or give preference to any type of religion. Just to review:. What is a Constitution? What is the purpose of the United States Constitution?. The United States Constitution:. Sets up the government. Defines powers and limits of the government. Lists some of the rights of the people. Addressing Gun Violence:. A Law and Public Health Approach. Dialogues for Public Discussion. Second Amendment, . United States Constitution. A . well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. State & Federal Initiatives. M. Kathleen Murphy,. . Founder/Director. of. . MN C.A.F.E. Coalition. Constitutional Equality:. I. . . History. II. . . Why? . III. . ERA MN Strategy. “Equality of rights under . Constitutional. Amendments 11-27. There are . 17 other amendments . not included in the Bill of Rights. The rest of the amendments have been added from . 1795-1992. The most important of these amendments deal with .