GVPT 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: New Deal Coalition, Nonviolent Resistance, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
17 Oct 2016
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Republicans dominated the south for a few years: 1877 all south was democratic. Standstill for civil rights: violence (kkk, commitment wane in the north. Passed laws but didn"t try to enforce them: reconstruction ended with the election of 1876. Compromise of 1877: troops leave the south. Disenfranchisement of blacks: institutionalized segregation one party political system. Electoral laws limit blacks from voting: white primary, poll tax, literacy tests, grandfather clause. Fdr"s new deal and the great depression: rooting out racial discrimination in distribution of relief aid, appointing over 100 black administrators, revives civil liberties division, new deal coalition. Naacp gaining following and making moves: take it to the liberal courts. Naacp litigation strategy: smith v. allwright: Eliminates white primary laws: brown v. board of ed: Civil rights act of 1957: lyndon b. johnson: allowed african americans to sue state if voting rights were inhibited.
