Successes And Limitations Of The Civil Rights Movement
What were some of the successes and limitations of the Civil Rights Movement?
• Changing subsistence technology: The ongoing industrialization and development of the society as a whole—the south particularly—weakened the Jim Crow, rigid competitive system of minority-group control and segregation.
• An era of prosperity: After World War II, the United States showed a period of prosperity that lasted into the 1960’s. This was important because it reduced the intensity of intergroup competition.
• Increasing resources in the black community: The economic prosperity of the era found its way into African American communities and increased in both economic and political resources. Systems of independent, African American controlled organizations …show more content…
De facto segregation is really a disguised form of de jure segregation. Racial segregation outside the South was the direct result of intentionally racist decisions made by governmental agencies, such as real-estate boards, school boards, and zoning boards. De facto segregation was created when local and state authorities actively planned with private citizens behind the scenes, ignored racist practices within their jurisdictions, and “simply refrained from enforcing black social, economic, and political rights so that private discriminatory practices could do work.” The African Americans outside the South faced more poverty, higher job loss, and lower-quality housing and schools than the whites did. There was no clear equivalent of Jim Crow to blame for the patterns of …show more content…
A new movement began to develop. This movement was the Black Power Movement. Black Power groups worked to expand African American control over schools, police, welfare programs, and other public facilities that were in operation in black neighborhoods.
Who was and what did Fannie Lou Hamer do? Why was she a prominent figure in American history?
Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who helped African Americans register to vote. In 1962, she met a civil rights activist who encouraged blacks to register to vote. Soon after this Fannie Lou Hamer became active in helping. As a result of her activism, Hamer lost her job, was evicted from her house, and was put in jail and beaten on a number of occasions.
What are the implications of increasing class differentials among African Americans? Does the greater affluence of middle-class blacks mean they are no longer a part of a minority group?
• Changing subsistence technology: The ongoing industrialization and development of the society as a whole—the south particularly—weakened the Jim Crow, rigid competitive system of minority-group control and segregation.
• An era of prosperity: After World War II, the United States showed a period of prosperity that lasted into the 1960’s. This was important because it reduced the intensity of intergroup competition.
• Increasing resources in the black community: The economic prosperity of the era found its way into African American communities and increased in both economic and political resources. Systems of independent, African American controlled organizations …show more content…
De facto segregation is really a disguised form of de jure segregation. Racial segregation outside the South was the direct result of intentionally racist decisions made by governmental agencies, such as real-estate boards, school boards, and zoning boards. De facto segregation was created when local and state authorities actively planned with private citizens behind the scenes, ignored racist practices within their jurisdictions, and “simply refrained from enforcing black social, economic, and political rights so that private discriminatory practices could do work.” The African Americans outside the South faced more poverty, higher job loss, and lower-quality housing and schools than the whites did. There was no clear equivalent of Jim Crow to blame for the patterns of …show more content…
A new movement began to develop. This movement was the Black Power Movement. Black Power groups worked to expand African American control over schools, police, welfare programs, and other public facilities that were in operation in black neighborhoods.
Who was and what did Fannie Lou Hamer do? Why was she a prominent figure in American history?
Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who helped African Americans register to vote. In 1962, she met a civil rights activist who encouraged blacks to register to vote. Soon after this Fannie Lou Hamer became active in helping. As a result of her activism, Hamer lost her job, was evicted from her house, and was put in jail and beaten on a number of occasions.
What are the implications of increasing class differentials among African Americans? Does the greater affluence of middle-class blacks mean they are no longer a part of a minority group?