Skip to content

Learn Practice Plan Tutors Ask AI

⌘K

Sign in Join freeGet started

Courses Lessons Quick lessons Merit Tutors' Videos

Loading

Every AP course and the SAT, with the best lessons, Merit AI, and a plan for every test.

Learn

Courses
Lessons
Quick lessons
Merit Tutors' Videos
Merit AI

Study

Exam Sprint
Quick session
Learning plan
My schedule
Progress

Tutoring

Find a tutor
Become a tutor
Partner with Merit
For teachers

Merit

About
Pricing
For parents
How ranking works
Privacy
Terms

Videos play on YouTube. AP® and SAT® are trademarks of the College Board, which is not affiliated with Merit.

© 2026 Merit

Learn Practice Plan Ask AI

AP United States Government and Politics›Unit 3: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights›Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Minority Rights and Affirmative Action

Courts and Congress balance majority rule with minority rights, from Brown v. Board to debates over affirmative action.

Brown v. Board
Civil Rights Act
Affirmative action

Master this topicQuick session · about 16 min

Watch the top lessonKelsey Falkowski Find a tutor

Search AP Gov

Quiz coming up?Connect your calendar: Merit preps you for every quiz and test.Sign up and connect

1 videos ranked by how well they teach

1

AP Gov: Civil Rights: Affirmative Action and Title IX: Part 5

514 views on YouTube · 10 years ago

Kelsey Falkowski

AP Gov · Minority Rights and Affirmative Action

More lessons from Unit 3: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

The best-ranked videos for the rest of this unit.

Civil Rights & Liberties: Crash Course Government & Politics #23

1.8M views on YouTube · 11 years ago

AP Gov · Civil Rights and Equal Protection

Selective Incorporation [AP Gov Review, Unit 3 Topic 7 (3.7)]

245K views on YouTube · 4 years ago

Heimler's History

AP Gov · Selective Incorporation and Due Process

Due Process and the RIGHTS of the ACCUSED [AP Gov Review, Unit 3 Topic 8 (3.8)]

203K views on YouTube · 4 years ago

Heimler's History

AP Gov · Second Amendment and Rights of the Accused

DUE PROCESS and the Right to PRIVACY [AP Gov Review, Unit 3 Topic 9 (3.9)]

199K views on YouTube · 4 years ago

Heimler's History

AP Gov · Selective Incorporation and Due Process

Social Movements and EQUAL Protection [AP Gov Review, Unit 3 Topic 10 (3.10)]

186K views on YouTube · 4 years ago

Heimler's History

AP Gov · Civil Rights and Equal Protection

The Fourteenth Amendment and equal protection | US government and civics | Khan Academy

127K views on YouTube · 8 years ago

AP Gov · Civil Rights and Equal Protection

AP Gov | Unit 3 Review | New!

95K views on YouTube · 2 years ago

AP Gov · Civil Rights and Equal Protection

The Native Civil Rights Movement: Ep 15 of Crash Course Native American History

74K views on YouTube · 1 year ago

AP Gov · Civil Rights and Equal Protection

Unit 3 Review Civil Liberties & Civil Rights AP Government

71K views on YouTube · 7 years ago

AP Gov · Civil Rights and Equal Protection

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (AP US Government and Politics)

60K views on YouTube · 7 years ago

AP Gov · Civil Rights and Equal Protection

Selective incorporation | Civil liberties and civil rights | US government and civics | Khan Academy

48K views on YouTube · 8 years ago

AP Gov · Selective Incorporation and Due Process

Topic 3.7 Selective Incorporation AP Government

34K views on YouTube · 7 years ago

AP Gov · Selective Incorporation and Due Process

Quiz on Minority Rights and Affirmative Action soon?

Connect your class calendar and Merit lines up the lessons for every quiz and test, days before it's due.

Works with Canvas, Schoology, Blackbaud, Google Classroom, and more.

Sign up and connect

3Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

The Bill of Rights
First Amendment Freedoms
Second Amendment and Rights of the Accused
Selective Incorporation and Due Process
Civil Rights and Equal Protection
Minority Rights and Affirmative Action

Next topic

Political Socialization and Public Opinion Polling

209daysGet the AP Gov score you want.Free diagnostic, then a day-by-day Exam Sprint to exam day.

Best teachers for this topic

1Kelsey Falkowski

Get a AP Gov tutor

Teacher? Add a lesson or guide for this topic

Also called: affirmative action, brown v board