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Impact of the Civil Rights
Movement on Human Services
May 12, 2014
Discussion Leader:
Samuel Chambers, Jr., MPA
Sr. Vice President for Disaster Response Operations
History 101
Legal challenges
Denial of privilege and opportunity
Warfare
Death
Thus, the stage is set for understanding some of the challenges and
struggles we have experienced.
Since 1932
Intersection
Why was this so? Why did the situation change in the
mid-1960s when African American women took on such
a prominent role in welfare rights advocacy?
Jobs
Better housing
Better education
Respect and equal opportunity
Welfare today
Welfare demographics
12,800,000
46,700,000
5,600,000
Welfare demographics
# of Americans on welfare
# of Americans on Food Stamps
# of Americans on unemployment compensation
% of recipients who are white
% of recipients who are black
% of Americans who are Hispanic
% of recipients who are Asian
% of recipients who are Other
38.8%
39.8%
15.7%
2.4%
3.3%
Other statistics
White
White, not Hispanic
Black
Asian
Hispanic
12.8%
9.8%
27.6%
12.3%
25.3%
12.7%
9.7%
27.2%
11.7%
25.6%
Conclusion
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed,
by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty, and the
pursuit of Happiness.
Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence