Political Science 2142A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Juvenile Delinquency, Mccarthyism, Jack Kerouac
7 Apr 2016
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Jazz artists are rejecting the integration of this music and pandering to these white audiences. African americans were the first to be fired after the war. African americans enlisted when the war broke out wanting to prove they were loyal citizens. The double v campaign-victory against jim crowe and fight against the racist laws- victory against hitler-join the white army and fight to the best of our ability. Major league was not segregated until 1887-african american players are no longer being hired and play as professional baseball players. For a couple of decades you could only play at the amateur level. The new negro league 1920-1931-professional all black baseball league-canadian black players and caribbean black players in this league-great depression hit and in. 1933-the negro american league comes back and will last until the 1950s. Integration of baseball-this integration kills the black baseball league-good impact for some and negative for others. Wasn"t the best black baseball player out there.
