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Position of African Americans in the 1950s (Situation in 1954 (Post-WWII…
Position of African Americans in the 1950s
Early race laws
Jim Crow Laws, separate but equal. After having been franchised, the now free black slaves were discriminated and denied of social and economic integration to societies.
Although being given equal conditions, they were seen as inferior by the whites. This made the discrimination visible, as they had separate accommodations and even public transport that segregated the two races.
Impact of WW2
Increased focus of the president in foreign political issues, such as the non-armed conflict that was the Cold War, that was given greater importance than the domestic social problems that every state faced both internally
By avoiding the discussion of these topics and increasing international disputes with the USSR in various fields (except the military) US society felt forgotten by the state:
Both the whites looking for racial segregation approval from the Government and blacks seeking for their legal rights to be given.
Situation in 1954
Post-WWII period: inspiration from black men who served in the army to seek for equal rights in their own countries, not only in the military serving in the war.
Although some had to fight for their equality rights independent of their race, they gained respect because of the feats achieved in war
Jim Crow Laws
Illegal racial segregation
Rise in political tensions both internally (whites vs. african americans) and externally (US vs. USSR)
Effect on everyday life
Especially in the education section, African American kids at the beginning of the desegregation process were bullied and afraid of frequenting schools, as both verbal and physical violence was practiced by the white kids towards them.
Growing Protest
Grass-roots organisations
Significance of 1954
Brown vs. Topeka
Role of Earl Warren
Little Rock, Arkansas
Situation by 1960
Role of Eisenhower
Emergence of MIA and SCLC