Civil Rights Movement

When the United States and the rest of the world discovered the full extent of Nazi Germany's genocidal plan against Jews, white Americans became more willing to examine their own country's racism. Meanwhile, returning African-American veterans became determined to root out injustice in the United States. In this context, the desegregation of the military took place in 1948.

President Truman did not think it likely that legislation to desegregate the military would make it through Congress. So instead, Truman used an executive order to end military segregation. Executive Order 9981, signed on July 26, 1948, forbade discriminating against military personnel because of race, color, religion, or national origin.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican, was the first President to pass civil rights legislation since after the Civil War. He appointed Earl Warren to the Supreme Court, who ruled on Brown v. Board of Education, thus ending segregation. Eisenhower enforced desegregation by sending federal troops to Arkansas when the democratic governor refused to allow blacks to enter the public school. Eisenhower passed two civil rights bills, clearing a path for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to be passed.

I believe there will be another movement in the future of America that will impact us with the magnitude of the Civil Rights Movement. The fact that politics have become so complicated is a major problem in society. Eventually the people in this country will become disgusted with the government trying to run every aspect of their lives. The Constitution was written to ensure equality and liberty in America. The founding fathers believed that every person has the right to life, liberty and property. Something will have to be done in order to return to simple, basic rights. It's only a matter of time before the people take this country back. Federalism, although it has helped in numerous instances, has also helped to bring middle class to near extinction. Middle working class is what built this country and I believe these are the people that will reclaim this country.

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In 1943, when Rosa Rosa Parks actually joined the NAACP, ... In the early 1950s Rosa Parks found work as a tailor's assistant at a department store, Montgomery Fair. She also had a part-time job as a seamstress for Virginia and Clifford Durr, a white liberal couple; they encouraged Rosa Parks in her civil rights work. you happy you noobs from seth slaughter

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The largest and most comprehensive civil rights organization is the American Civil Liberties Union.

It suggested that segregation damaged black children psychologically by labeling darker skin as a negative quality, and viewing black people as generally inferior.

The most serious disagreement in the debate between large and small states at the Constitutional Convention was the issue of representation. Small states feared that their voices would be lost if representatives were chosen based on population, while big states didn't think it was fair that the small states would have as much influence as they had.

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It hasnt changed a bit its we're not hiring or simply take you to jail to establish a record so you cant vote its the new silent treatment way of slavery which needs a broad approach when dealind with poverty for all americans but especially blacks because in jim crow laws it was said that other ethnic groups were able to come as long as they can establish work blacks on the other hand wer'nt ment to suceed: as written in the jim crow laws: old white senoirs run a vast majority of intelectual jobs :if a african american is to suceed he has to have a track record of supporters or a higher education than normal but as far as sitting down to teach us to be succesful and well welcomed its just never going to happen just simply because we were ment to be at the bottom. I love the people whoare not racists but the seniors of the founding fathers still some kind of way feel that their famliy history and dignity is at stake and as long as they are able to excercise this emotion most blacks will always have to work twice as hard to suceed: you see on fox news station after the election almost all republicans are talking about is getting the latino votes and while a few of them mention black if that aint racial divide at its finest then i dont know what is. written proudly by Dyron Baxter of Lubbock Texas

This is an interesting question.

1) Rosa Parks was born in America, which meant she was free. The lack of education of the time led her and most southern black's to believe they were 'second class' citizen's. This mainly by racist white people that still longed for slavery.

2) Rosa Park's being a Christian of very strong faith, believed in God's right's and freedoms that were written into the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.

3) this caused her to 'stand' for her God given right of being free and equal by sitting in a white only section of the 'city' bus she was on. This simple act caused more people to believe in the right's and freedoms given to them through the United States and they began to stand as well.

The important lesson that Mrs Parks has taught us is that it is important for all of us to understand the laws and rights of the government and who has the actual control. You see the People have the power of the Federal Government guaranteed by the Constitution.

refusal to buy or sell certain products or services. In other words...To go against something.

Television coverage let more people know about the movement.

He stood a little over 5'6" tall and had an athletic build.He probably wore a 40 regular.

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In general, the white population of Montgomery did not like the boycott. The African Americans involved were fighting for desegregation and the vast majority of European Americans in Montgomery (but not all) did not want their city desegregated. Many reacted violently, attacking boycotters and even firebombing four Baptist churches and the houses of boycott leaders Martin Luther King, Jr and E.D. Nixon. The membership of the white supremacist White Citizens' Council doubled during the boycott.

There were also several attempts to undermine the boycott. When black taxi drivers tried to support the cause by charging boycott participants only ten cents (the same as a bus ride), city officials decided to charge a fine to any taxi driver who charged less than forty-five cents. Police often arrested these drivers for even the most minor traffic violations. They also arrested boycott participants waiting for rides for loitering.

On February 21, 1956, eighty-nine African Americans, including Reverend King, were indicted under a 1921 law prohibiting boycotts. Insurance companies withdrew the policies of people using their private vehicles to give rides to boycotters.

Toward the beginning of the boycott, the City Commission met with three black ministers who were not boycott leaders and offered them a compromise, which was basically no different from the system already in place. The ministers agreed and the commission planted false stories in the local papers announcing that the issue with bus company had been resolved. The boycott's actual leaders had rush around the city to convince people the stories were hoaxes to keep the boycott going.

Eventually, white business owners realized the boycott was bad for business. They were losing thousands of dollars because African Americans rarely made the journey into downtown to go shopping now that they were mostly traveling by foot. The business community formed a group called the Men of Montgomery and tried to negotiate directly with the boycotters to end the protest, but talks broke down and the boycott continued until the Supreme Court ruled in the boycotters' favor and issued its mandate.

Unfortunately, the violence did not end once the black community started to use the buses again. Buses had to stop running after 5pm because there were incidents where snipers shot at buses. One group tried to start a whites-only bus service. There were bombings at four Baptist churches, two black leaders' homes, another black person's home, and the People's Service Station and Cab Stand. An unexploded bomb was found on Reverend King's porch.

There were a few white people who supported the boycott and desegregation in general. Montgomery resident Sarah Herbert, along with a small group of white women, used to drive boycotters where they needed to go. White supporters often suffered for affiliating themselves with the boycott. Reverend Robert Graetz's family was ostracized and their home was bombed three times (only twice successfully).

Following World War I, Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, 1924 which gave them citizenship including the right to vote. Many western states, however, refused to allow them to vote and used tactics like poll taxes, reading requirements, and even hiding the polling places, to prevent them from voting. In 1947, Miguel Truillo, a Native American, sued New Mexico for not allowing him to vote. He won the case and Arizona and New Mexico were required to allow all Native Americans to vote. Following that case, western states granted Native Americans the right to vote.

The landmark court case of Plessy v Ferguson decided that ultimately the act of racial segragation was constitutional because the segragated facilities were still equal to each other in every way.

The court case as you may have known ultimately decided the fate of colored Americans for over 70 years.

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in some how he did and didnt because he started a group because he was tired of the whites

The Civil Rights Act of 1968, known as the Fair Housing Act, was passed as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. An 1868 Civil Rights Act did prohibit discrimination in housing but did not provide for federal enforcement. The '68 act prohibited discrimination of the sale, rental, and finance of housing based on race, religion, or national origin.