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Help Wanted ads in the Washington Times, What if this job was legally off limits to you, and if you tried to protest, you could be scorned, arrested, or worse? Prior tothese barriers to employment were a reality for millions of citizens across the United States, devastating entire communities of people who could not find decent work at decent wages.
This post focuses on Title VII, which made it unlawful for employers and employment agencies to fail or refuse to hire or refer—or otherwise to discriminate against—any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Here are a few primary sources from the decades leading up toalong with teaching ideas and suggested prompts that can help students understand the significance of Title VII. Ask students to:. Americans All. Which of these primary sources would you use in your classroom or library, and why? Our work has evolved in the last 30 years, from reducing prejudice to tackling systemic injustice. Primary sources--like discriminatory "help wanted" ads and posters--can help students understand the Cjvil of Title VII.
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June 26, Compare and contrast with Help Wanted ads in a recent newspaper. What was in the earlier ads that Title VII prohibits?
Teachers can help younger students connect personally by asking them how they would feel if only girls were asked to do special classroom jobs; then, if Tutle boys were asked. Identify evidence of change in those two and a half decades. What is its purpose? Why was such a poster needed? What details help you see what was important to its creator or creators? Did Title VII affect this group? Teachers can help younger students by asking them to look around the room to see if each classmate is represented.
If students were asked to create such a poster today, who might they include? What did the presidential orders say had to be done? What is the woman doing?
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