This would hinder the chances of success in the Northern campaigns because Johnson refused to back and involve himself any further in the campaigns. There are many examples of where the influence of the federal government would have helped. For example the use of force could have helped control and stop the violence from the riots caused by the fire hydrants being turned off by the local government. Due to the violence that preceded the turning off of the fire hydrants the success of the movement would have been damaged because of the whites seeing violence as argument for refusing equal rights. Another example would be that of the white mobs throwing stones at King during the marches.
How far is it accurate to say that the growth of Black Power was the most important factor in weakening the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's? Alex Cameron I do not agree with the claim that the growth of Black Power was the most important factor in weakening the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960's. Whilst the growth of Black Power is a factor to take into consideration. This did indeed lead to divisions within the Civil Right groups and how exactly those groups wanted to approach their ideas, the factor has a smaller effect in comparison to other factors such as the the deaths of the Civil Rights Group leaders Martin Luther King and Malcom X , the loss of presidential support, the failed protests in North America and the attention shift from the Civil Rights Movement to the Vietnam War, in which some seem to be the most important factor for weakening the Civil Rights Movement. The rise of Black Power has led to some important members from different Civil Rights Groups to abandon their goals of integration and leaving their groups which supported that aim, ultimately leaving them at a disadvantage and weakening them as well as the Civil Rights Movement.
This was to stop the two races from mixing and to prevent the dilution of the African Americans into the white culture and their everyday lives. This however doesn’t mean that this was necessarily a time of disappointment for the African Americans. This is because they were used to this treatment and much worse, so this segregation would not have been anything new; thus meaning there was no disappointment other than the fact that there had been no improvement. The north also was extremely segregated, no better than the south. They weren’t allowed to live near white people in the cities so they lived in ghettos, completely segregated from the rest of the world.
How far did conditions for black Americans improve in the period 1945-56? Civil right was a major issue in America during 1945-56, especially in the Deep South. This was because conditions of African Americans didn’t improve much, it was mainly the start to any change that happened, with some limited progress. The first issue is ‘Jim crow’ laws; this was a law in the Southern states of America that introduced segregation between black and white people, by passing laws which denied them access to white facilities. Many of these facilities were, education, healthcare, transport, cinemas, restaurants and churches and even housing and estates were segregated.
Slavery was the main reason why the North and South divided and went to war. In the North they did not rely upon slavery economically where the South did through farming. Another factor to why the South lost was because of their lack of industrial capabilities to aid them during war. The North had factories and mills where weapons and supplies could have been built easily whereas the South could not keep up as there industry was very weak. The following essay will discuss these issues in detail plus other factors such as the leaderships on both sides and the aid of foreign support.
W.E.B DuBois was hated by the majority of the white population as he was viewed as a trouble maker. Whether this was a good characterization or not is beside the point. If the whites hated him, then any plan that he backs will likely be met with a similar level of anger and hostility. W.E.B DuBois’ plan may have worked if he had some military power to defend the people who he was trying to help educate from this inevitable
They also just threatened them not to vote, which was successful because it frightened them away. Being unable to vote resulted in them not able to try and persuade or influence of getting rid of segregation. Segregation is the idea based on black and white people could have separate access to services but had to be in different schools, as long as the services were equal. This brings me on to the point of segregated schools; the schools weren’t equal. ‘Separate but equal’ was used by segregationists as a way of justifying the separate education that races received and in reality it meant that the
So, even though they took a step forward in equality outside of the south, it didn’t really help that much as they couldn’t do much with the vote because of the attitudes shown towards blacks from whites. This also links to segregation shown outside the south, even though it was no longer the law. The Second World War was not a turning point for African Americans because even though segregation was not a law in the states outside the south, they still suffered with De Facto segregation. This happened in cities such as Boston, Philadelphia and Detroit. The black population of such cities was concentrated in ghetto areas, where homes and schools for blacks were inferior to those for whites.
Jim Crow Laws promoted the idea that blacks were naturally mediocre to blacks in all important ways, including intelligence, morality, and civilized behavior. Whites believed that sexual encounters between blacks and whites would produce a mongrel race that could destroy America; treating blacks as equals would encourage interracial sexual unions; any activity which suggested social equality encouraged interracial sexual relations; if necessary, violence must be used to keep blacks at the bottom of the racial hierarchy.Failure to abide by these laws meant you could be beaten, jailed, or even killed! Brutality was influential for Jim Crow. It was a technique of social power. A black person could be lynched for even demonstrating their intelligence!
In nullifying the “separate but equal” doctrine set by the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the high court had struck a blow to segregation. Yet southern racist practices were deeply entrenched and many whites remained adamantly opposed to change. The implements of Brown remained painstakingly slow, if not nonexistent. Many school officials refused to comply with the ruling, and the threat of harassment—for the ruling had unleashed fierce resistance—prevented many black students from enrolling in all-white schools. At the same time, schools for black students remained overcrowded and grossly inferior to those that their white counterparts enjoyed.