Southern Manifesto Research Paper

After World War 2 the United States was changing in many ways. The US changed socially, economically, technological, etc . A huge part that changed in US history was the social problems. Segregation was a huge problem, women’s rights, and equality amongst different types of people.One huge conflict that occurred was the Southern Manifesto. The Southern Manifesto was the disagreement between the southern states wanting segregated schools and the Congress writing the Brown Ruling which said that there shall not be anymore segregated schools anymore in the South. In an act to change the ruling, Strom Thurmond and Richard Russell wrote the final version of the Southern Manifesto stating many points that what the Congress was doing was unlawful.
What the southern states want also goes against the ideas that our founding fathers built this great country. Although i can see where their point view is coming from about the rights of the states, but this problem of social segregation needs to be fixed nation wide not just in certain states, therefore the federal government should intervene with the states. The federal government solving an issue through the Supreme Court for the whole nation is the best way to solve problems. The United States was built off liberty, freedom, rights, and equality, and what the southern states want is going against the idea of equality. Although segregation wasn’t just present in schools but also in other public places, this small step to unifying races in schools was beginning of the end of segregation and beginning of equality amongst everyone. This conflict really was the beginning of desegregation and equality. After this conflict many riots broke out, protests, the Rosa Parks incident, civil right movements,etc. Another reason why this segregation thing in the US was wrong, was because World War 2 had just ended and one main thing the US was fighting against Germany was RACISM! The US was fighting racism in Germany, for the Jews. Racism wasn’t the only thing the US was fighting against in Europe, but it did play an important role. The US fought against racism and equality, but in our own country at the time was full of racism and equality, which showed that the US was just being a hypocrite. Also many african americans fought in the wara and all of them realized what was going on back home, and it wasn’t right and something needed to change. Although the southern states did make some great points, but everything they believed in was wrong, therefore i believe what the Congress was doing at the time was the right thing to