Diversity Awareness

Washington State Diversity Network

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    The history of affirmative action in civil rights is dominated by executive orders issued by Presidents impatient with slavery's legacy of racism. One of the first was President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, setting free the slaves in the Confederate states.

  1. The U.S. Congress passed one of its first major civil rights legislation in 1964.

    2. Your answer:
    True False

    A community of older housing on Chicago's West Side. This area in 1973 had not quite recovered from the riots and fires during the mid and late 1960's.

  2. The Civil Rights act was passed in 1954.

    3. Your answer:
    True False

  3. There is no limit on the amount of money a person with disabilities can make because their SSI payment from the federal government remains the same.

    4. Your answer:
    True False

  4. Women have closed the wage gap over the last 30 years and now earn 74 cents for every dollar earned by men.

    5. Your answer:
    True False

    Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interrracial Justice, in a crowd.]

  5. King led an important protest against poverty in Memphis, Tennessee on April 3, 1968.

    6. Your answer:
    True False

  6. Discrimination issues should be sent to the state's Department of Labor and Industries for them to investigate.

    7. Your answer:
    True False

  7. The foreign born population in Washington State only account for 12% of the entire state.

    8. Your answer:
    True False

  8. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), an employee is eligible for up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during a year's time for the birth or adoption of a child, family health needs or the employee's own health needs.

    9. Your answer:
    True False

    Aerial view of Bremerton, Washington

  9. In Washington State, the top 3 industries projected to have the most job openings are: Eating and Drinking places; Self Employed; and Schools K-12.

    10. Your answer:
    True False

  10. By the year 2002 Internet users will be predominantly non-English speaking.

    11. Your answer:
    True False

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