Black Americans - 1945
Looking at the aspects of the position of Black Americans in 1945.
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- Created on: 25-04-13 16:00
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- The position of Black Americans in 1945
- WW2
- Radicalized them - but still segregation.
- E.g black soldiers had different canteens. Transported to battlefield in different vehicles.
- The Holocaust - showed the dangers inherent in racism. Convinced people racism should be opposed in all circumstances.
- Black Heroes
- Courage of black soldiers changed the attitudes of many white soldiers. Fighting in the war boosted black self-esteem.
- Radicalized them - but still segregation.
- Economy
- Many black workers in the South moved to the southern cities. The war time boom increased migration (by 1950 almost a third of black Americans lived in the North.
- Economic changes during the war - allowed them to play a major role in the war effort. African Americans better paid than before.
- WW2
- Radicalized them - but still segregation.
- E.g black soldiers had different canteens. Transported to battlefield in different vehicles.
- The Holocaust - showed the dangers inherent in racism. Convinced people racism should be opposed in all circumstances.
- Black Heroes
- Courage of black soldiers changed the attitudes of many white soldiers. Fighting in the war boosted black self-esteem.
- Radicalized them - but still segregation.
- WW2
- Politics
- 1945 - approximately 15 per cent of the black population of the southern states had been registered to vote.
- American Presidents began appointing AAs to positions in fed gov.
- Economics
- War boom - number of unemployed AAs fell sharply. 500,00 AAs migrated to the North. However, not paid the same as white workers in industries.
- Detroit Riots -white workers objected to AA promotion.
- AAs still more likely to be unemployed than white Americans.
- War boom - number of unemployed AAs fell sharply. 500,00 AAs migrated to the North. However, not paid the same as white workers in industries.
- Social Conditions
- Segregation still remained after WW2.
- Southern states - barred from cinemas, restaurants, and hotels.
- Northern states - eating, transport, educational facilities not segregated. AAs poorer though, lived in worse accomodation.
- Segregation still remained after WW2.
- WW2
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