NAACP responsible?
To what extent were the NAACP responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign in the years 1945–57?
The NAACP was an organization who were heavily involved in the civil rights movement. To a certain extent, the NAACP was entirely responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign between the years 1945-1957. However, there were other factors such as federal government, peaceful protests, other black activist groups, the media and contextual factors that were involved in enhancing civil rights for black people. Overall, although the other factors did play a significant role in assisting blacks in their struggle for civil rights, it was the NAACP who initiated many of the campaigns that led the movement to success.
Firstly, it can be argued that the NAACP was highly responsible for successes in the movement. Firstly, the NAACP was responsible for financing and subsidizing many of the cases that went to the Supreme Court. For instance, In 1946, the NAACP won the Morgan v Virginia case where the Supreme Court banned states from having segregated facilities on busses and trains that crossed state borders. In 1948, the NAACP pressured President Truman into signing the Executive Order that banned discrimination by the Federal government. Thurgood Marshall who took the case Brown V Board of Education to the Supreme Court 1956 which resulted in the desegregation of schools. On top of this, it was member of the NAACP Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat for a white person on a segregated bus. This was significant as it sparked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956, which as a result, led to the desegregation of interstate buses. On the other hand, one could argue that although the NAACP initiated many of these campaigns, it was actually the federal government who were responsible for causing de jure change.
The federal government did play a large role in the success of the civil rights movement between 1945 and 1957. Firstly, in terms of
The NAACP was an organization who were heavily involved in the civil rights movement. To a certain extent, the NAACP was entirely responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign between the years 1945-1957. However, there were other factors such as federal government, peaceful protests, other black activist groups, the media and contextual factors that were involved in enhancing civil rights for black people. Overall, although the other factors did play a significant role in assisting blacks in their struggle for civil rights, it was the NAACP who initiated many of the campaigns that led the movement to success.
Firstly, it can be argued that the NAACP was highly responsible for successes in the movement. Firstly, the NAACP was responsible for financing and subsidizing many of the cases that went to the Supreme Court. For instance, In 1946, the NAACP won the Morgan v Virginia case where the Supreme Court banned states from having segregated facilities on busses and trains that crossed state borders. In 1948, the NAACP pressured President Truman into signing the Executive Order that banned discrimination by the Federal government. Thurgood Marshall who took the case Brown V Board of Education to the Supreme Court 1956 which resulted in the desegregation of schools. On top of this, it was member of the NAACP Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat for a white person on a segregated bus. This was significant as it sparked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956, which as a result, led to the desegregation of interstate buses. On the other hand, one could argue that although the NAACP initiated many of these campaigns, it was actually the federal government who were responsible for causing de jure change.
The federal government did play a large role in the success of the civil rights movement between 1945 and 1957. Firstly, in terms of