HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Earl Warren, Eyewitness Testimony, Emmett Till
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Period in which americans began to expand their definitions of democracy and asked for expanded rights. Goals of first phase, crm: end jim crow, gain voting rights, cha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g la(cid:449)s (cid:448)s. (cid:272)ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g peoples" hea(cid:396)ts a(cid:374)d (cid:373)i(cid:374)ds. Participation in wwii brought about: economic opportunities, continuation of great migration. Inequities during wwii: black faced discrimination w/ wwii jobs, a. philip randolph, executive order 8802, fepc, double v campaign. 1946, truman- committee on civil rights: instructed to investigate the status of civil rights in the country and propose measures to strengthen and protect them. Executive order 9980: desegregate the fed. work force. Executive order 9981: desegregate the armed forces. Homer plessy: 1/8th american, could pass as white. Sat in whites only train car and refused to sit in jim crow car. Up(cid:396)e(cid:373)e (cid:272)ou(cid:396)t (cid:396)eje(cid:272)ted plessy"s a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t that his (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)al (cid:396)ights (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:448)iolated. Naacp we are getting rid of plessy v. ferguson through education then courts.
