Moreover such events such as the Freedom Rides, these were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961. This eventually resulted in the desegregation of interstate busses, again another example of how these peaceful protests were helping the civil rights movement. Although these events show that peaceful protests were effective, not all of them had the same success. The Albany campaign, which involved MLK was ineffective. The police authorities used cat and mouse tactics which lead to the arrest then release of protesters so that the campaign did not create any ‘martyrs’ for the movement.
But if we think about it, without the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act, things might have never of changed. African Americans could still be treated like slaves and not treated like human beings. America would still be a very segregated place. Freedom Summer was a very dark time in American history but all in all, America has turned out pretty good. It’s no doubt that America was not the most favorable place during this time period for most, if not all African Americans.
The Mayor of Chicago knew that they had to stop the campaigns from attracting media attention and to reduce this he ordered the police to avoid using violence and brutality and treat the campaigners with respect. This prevented the movement from gaining less publicity and support, due to sympathy, than in the South. Another reason for King being less successful in the North compared to the South is because of the lack of support. He didn’t gain nearly as many people as expected, for example at his first campaign in the North, The Chicago Freedom Movement, only 30,000 people attended rather than the 100,000 King had expected. This meant that the campaign wasn’t as effective and that it wasn’t large scale enough therefore didn’t result in much of a reaction.
During the year 1945-55 there was limited progress in improving the status of African-Americans because of segregation, limited education, money, the law and voting rights. Segregation was seen in all walks of life during this period, including the Army. African-Americans were not treated equally due to the Plessy v. Ferguson and Cunningham v. The Board of Education ruling of Separate But Equal. This meant that segregation was not seen as unconstitutional if the segregated areas are equal. All of this was put in place to ensure that it was incredibly difficult for African-Americans to improve their status.
Acts passed by Eisenhower and Johnson had a big impact on the advancement of civil rights, with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ending all segregation of all public places and facilities, and the voting rights act of 1965 outlawing all measures to prevent American citizens from voting. These acts ended legal segregation, and had an impact on desegregating public places, voting rights and employment, with the creation of the Fair Employment Practices Commission. Legislation of this period was far more effective than previously, with the number of African Americans registered to vote jumping from four million in 1960, to six million in 1965, due to Johnson’s Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was initiated by Kennedy but failed to pass before his assassination. Furthermore, for each ineffective act passed, another was passed to increase the effectiveness and impact. For example, the Civil Rights act of 1964 extended the powers of the Commission on Civil Rights from those given by the 1960 Civil Rights Act, allowing them to enforce desegregation.
The Second World War is a significant event in history. I believe that it made a small amount of difference to the lives of black Americans; it was able to change some of the attitudes of white Americans; it helped influence the passing of the Fair Employment Practices Commission (1941) and also helped reduce the unemployment figures of black Americans. Although it made a substational difference, things were still not perfect. Black Americans were still targeted by extremist members of the Ku Klux Klan and they were still treated as second-class citizens. In this essay, I will analyze the ways lives changed for black Americans after the Second World War, as well as this I will look at the ways they may not have changed.
The 1999 estimate assumed that the proportion of Hmong who are school-aged children, as enumerated by the Minnesota Department of Education, would become smaller as Hmong fertility began to approach that of the white native-born population. However, this assumption proved incorrect. According to the 2000 Census, 56.4 percent of Hmong are under age 18, and nearly 46 percent are school age (5 through 18 - of course, not all 5-yearolds nor all
Therefore they had no rights as citizens. In the years after the war they did gain some improvements and began to protest for more, but by 1955 this was not enough to make a difference. Black Americans were subjected to segregation. The ‘Jim Crow’ laws meant that they had to use separate diners, separate schools and separate transport. This was
How far do you agree with the view that African Americans were treated as second class citizens between 1940 and 1946? This view is very accurate; African Americans were not offered the same political, economic or social opportunities and rights as white people, despite the terms of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. However, overall, treatment of African Americans was worse in the south. Political/ legal rights and opportunities were limited for African Americans due to their treatment as second class citizens. For example, in the south, Jim Crow laws were in place, meaning that everybody had to pass a literacy test and pay poll tax before they could vote.
History 1302 D. Goodrich 2/8/13 African Americans in Post-Civil War After the freeing of slaves in 1862, African-Americans after the war, things did not change that much. Laws were passed to help African-American during this time. More laws were passed against segregation in place like restaurants and other public places. Even with these laws being passed, African-Americans still experienced discrimination and racist people everywhere, and it would be a long time before things would change for them, even after being declared people with new found freedom. This rebuilding was supposed to give African-Americans a chance at a new and better life than what they had experienced in the past.