The NAACP’s momentum to keep fighting came from the victories it has won. Many people are a part of African American history today were involved in many ways to help fight desegregate the South. Thurgood Marshall, a lawyer, was the critique of the “separate but equal” doctrine that justified segregation. Thurgood Marshall won a number of significant cases, Morgan v. Virginia (1946), Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938) and Sweatt v. Painter (1950).
The civil rights movement developed in the period after 1945 because of the advancements the Second World War and important black activists had made in civil rights as it had led to a strong improvement in the status of black people as a whole. A main reason for the development of civil rights, I feel, was the influence of black activists at this time proving change was possible. Organisations such as CORE- The Congress of Racial Equality looked at economic boycotts and methods to gain attention as well as many sit-ins organised by James Farmer. For Example an important individual in black civil rights, Adam Clayton- Powell (who was the first man a of African American descent to be elected for congress) ran the Harlem bus boycott in 1941 which in consequence led to an uptake of 200 black workers. This protests success could also have been some of the inspiration behind the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955.
Furthermore, key individuals like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks helped to draw attention to the cause and support the success of the Civil Rights campaign. The NAACP supported a series of Supreme Court cases which eventually resulted in the end of ‘de jure’ desegregation. The NAACP supported African-Americans who were being discriminated against; an example of a successful case for the NAACP is the Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. The Civil Rights group sponsored Thurgood Marshall to act on behalf of Oliver Brown, which resulted in the breakdown of the Plessy v. Ferguson reasoning of ‘separate but equal’. Furthermore, the NAACP supported the case against Milam and Bryant in 1955 for the lynching of 14-year old Emmett Till, the NAACP helped by protecting his uncle Moses Wright.
To what extent was the Federal Government responsible for improving the status of black people in the United States in the years 1945-64? The Federal Government was partially responsible for improving the status of black people, although individual activists are also partially responsible. The Federal Government is headed by the President, but also comprises of congress and the Supreme Court, which each had a role to play in dismantling segregation. Although the presidency and the Supreme Court would play a larger role in helping blacks than congress, due to the nature of what the people in congress believed and wanted to achieve. In the spring of 1946, Irene Morgan, a black woman, boarded a bus in Virginia to go to Baltimore, Maryland.
During this era, the civil rights movement was occurring and activists such as Martin Luther King Jr. himself influenced Americans to change justice, equality, and freedom for all African Americans by empowering the people through his words. This particular speech had a massive impact on Americans simply because of the segregation issues that were present
After the effects of the Second World War which Black Americans had played such a key role in, President Truman felt obliged to commit to Civil Rights for Black Americans evident following the report ‘to secure these rights.’ Following the report's ,several initiatives were organised to achieve these rights, one of which was the signing of Executive Order 9980 and Executive Order 10308. These were crucial in improving the lives of Black Americans as they guaranteed fair employment practices in the Civil Services and that defence contracts would not go to companies that discriminated against Black Americans, hence empowering them in the workplace. However, some people argued that WW2 did not change anything and neither did the report ‘to secure these rights.’ This is because even though President Truman pushed for more civil rights there was not much funding due to a white government and a lack of support which therefore lead to these new Orders not being pushed through. Therefore resulting in De Jure as it could not be converted into De Facto change, which unfortunately happened with other Civil Rights organisations such as the NAACP, CORE and the
The civil rights movement helped African American’s achieve the equal rights that they deserved. In this paper I covered the public opinion and the media coverage for the civil rights act. The impact that Martin Luther King Jr. had on the civil rights movement and the nonviolent protest movement. How Malcolm and the changing nature of the movement later in the 1960 affected the civil rights movement. Without the speeches from these two different significant figures the civil rights movement may have never came to be.
What were some of the significant legal victories that dismantled lawful segregation? Some significant legal victories that dismantled lawful segregation were Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown versus Board of education, and the Twenty-Fourth amendment. Why did the movement succeed? The civil rights movement succeeded because the African Americans were very determined and knew what to do in order for it to succeed. They also had strong leaders and had help from many whites.
These two great leaders opened up the door for the civil right movement for African Americans. Malcolm X left a notable impact on the Civil Rights Movement in the last year of his life. Black activists in the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) who had heard him speak to organizers in 1965, began to support some of his ideas on racial pride and creation of black-run institutions. MLK impact lead to the Jim Crow laws being illegal and cause a positive impact on the civil right movement. Despite the hardships these two great men faced, they stood up for what they truly believed in.
It rested on a support system of black patrons, black-owned businesses and publications. It was successful in establishing black identity as an integral part of American history. It influenced future generations of black writers, but it was largely ignored by the literary establishment after it waned in the 1930s. With the advent of the civil rights movement, it again acquired wider recognition. The symbolism and actual effects of the event served as a big inspiration for blacks in future struggles for their rights, like the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s (Hutchinson, George.