AFROAM 236 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ida B. Wells, American'S Creed, An American Dilemma
19 Sep 2016
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Gunnar mydral sociologist, the american dilemma 1944: racism conflicts with the american creed, american dilemma = moral dilemma. Conversion going back to state of peace. Aas in positions of responsibility returning to remedial jobs. Downtown centers deteriorating, late 1970s early 1980s primarily occupied by the poor/chronically unemployed (because of lack of skills or no jobs available) Clientele/worker base moving to suburbs, companies move too. New attention on us went to europe to get rid of fascism, still racism on the home front. 1947 cold war democracy v. communism, us v. ussr: cannot criticize the us in public, can"t do what ida wells did (travel to europe in anti-lynching campaign, class war, not a race war. Committee against mob violence 1946: the president"s committee on civil rights 1946. Truman is up for reelection in 1948, addresses race problem to get black vote, because the world is looking at us, and because of pressure from.
