HIST 1051 Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Sri Lankan Tamil Militant Groups, Young Lords
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Chapter 27 walki(cid:374)g i(cid:374)to freedo(cid:373) la(cid:374)d: the civil rights move(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Afte(cid:396) wo(cid:396)ld wa(cid:396) ii, a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374)s (cid:271)ega(cid:374) fighti(cid:374)g (cid:373)o(cid:396)e fo(cid:396) (cid:272)i(cid:448)il (cid:396)ights. Bet(cid:449)ee(cid:374) wwii a(cid:374)d the (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1011)(cid:1004)"s, the civil rights movement swept aside systematic racial segregation, gai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:373)ost of its u(cid:396)ge(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) i(cid:374) the (cid:1010)(cid:1004)"s. The quest for racial justice would contribute to a crisis of liberalism itself. Hu(cid:374)d(cid:396)eds of thousa(cid:374)ds a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374)"s joi(cid:374)ed the la(cid:271)o(cid:396) (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. the 14th and 15th amendments had been violated for almost a century and people wanted to restore the constitutions legal force: life under jim crow. Racial segregation and economic exploitation defined the lives of most african americans after wwii and jim crow prevailed in every aspect of life in southern states. Blacks were stuck in poverty and in hard-working jobs since no state or federal job was an option for them: origins of the civil rights movement. After discrediting racist nazi ideology during the war, americans increasingly condemned racism at home.
