The position of Black Americans in 1945
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- Created on: 08-05-18 16:34
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- Position of Black Americans in 1945
- Attitudes in the South
- 'Jim Crow' Laws
- Series of laws passed by Southern states.
- Introduced legal segregation by denying Black Americans access to facilities
- Social segregation
- Attitude of the mind which governed even smallest aspects of behaviour
- Preventing Black Americans from voting
- Southern states prevented Black Americans from voting
- 'Grandfather clauses'
- You could only vote if your grandfather had the vote
- Literacy tests introudcued and applied them unfairly
- The Ku Klux Klan
- Targeted black people who showed signs of disrespect
- Black people murdered, called 'Lynching'
- Unlawful killings of blacks, usually by hanging
- 'Jim Crow' Laws
- The position of Black Americans in 1945
- Experience of Black soldiers
- Black servicemen not treated well
- Changed attitudes of many White soldiers
- Dispelled the myth that they were in somehow inferior
- Economic impact of WW2
- Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) 1941
- Forced companies not to discriminate when hiring workers
- Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) 1941
- Political changes
- Migration to the North had important issues
- Less than 2% of Black population could vote, increased to 15%
- Reminded people fight for justice and freedom
- Growing power was election of Adam Clayton Powell to Congress
- Presidents appointed Blacks to more prominent positions
- Migration to the North had important issues
- Experience of Black soldiers
- Attitudes in the South
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