'The Second World War was the most important turning point in the development of African American civil rights'
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- 'The Second World War was the most important turning point in the development of African American civil rights'
- Political
- WW1 - Great Migration - 500K AA experienced liberal society and were able to vote
- EmancipationProclamation - 15th Amendment - gave AA the right to vote
- 1950s - campaigns resulted in the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act, most effective CR legislation since Reconstruction
- Social
- WW2 - Dorie Miller - changed perceptions of AA and challenged segregation
- WW2 - integration of naval units - challenged segregation
- WW2 - Double V Campaign - galvanised the shift in the change in attitude towards segregation and discrimination
- WW2 - Tuskegee Airmen - prompted desegregation, challenged perceptions of AA
- WW2 - Executive Order 9981 1948 - desegregation of military challenged segregation
- WW2 - Fair Employment Practices Committee 1941 ensured enforcement of legislation
- WW2 - Fair Employment Act 1941 - improved position of AA in society
- WW1 - Harlem Hellfighters - challenged perceptions of AA and boosted demands for civil rights on return
- EmancipationProclamation - gave AA full civil rights, ability to worship and educate
- 1950s - Brown vs Topeka - overturned Plessy vs Ferguson, challenged segregation, change in attitude
- 1950s - Little Rock - change in attitude, integration
- 1950s - Montgomery Bus Boycott - resulted in Browder vs Gayle, desegregation of bus transport
- Economic
- WW1 - Harlem Renaissance - increased AA employment opportunities in entertainment industries
- EmancipationProclaimation- gave AA the right to own property and land
- New Deal - CCC - employed 200K AA
- New Deal - WPA - employed 350K AA annually including 5K teachers
- New Deal - no. of AA employed by federal government risen to 200K in 1945 from 50K in 1933
- New Deal - Federal Council of ***** Affairs - promote interests of AA, by 1935 30% of AA benefitted from New Deal programmes
- Political
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