The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

The movements in United States that were aimed at declaring the racial discrimination against African Americans as illegal are referred as African-American Civil Right Movements. These movements were also directed towards restoration of the voting rights in the Southern states. During the World War II there was continuity in the older patterns of racial discrimination. During the 1940-43 eras, there were 17 executions in the U.S. and a number of major urban racial insurrections were evident in 1943. The most worst racial riot was observed in the Detroit. On the other hand, war was also a spinning spot in race relations. The leaders of the Civil Rights Movement continued to pursue the campaign of “Double V”, which was aimed at fighting abroad against the enemies of America and for victory in America against the racial discrimination. The Civil Rights Movement achieved the key victory when the racial discrimination in the defense sector was declared illegal by FDR. The war increased the pace of African Americans movement from South to North that resulted in enhanced financial and academic opportunities for many people. There was a determination to eradicate racial inequity in the African-Americans who served U.S. military outside the homeland and came back to home after services. Finally, the Holocaust made most of the white Americans realize that they should participate in changing the racial system of the nation (John, 1987).

Supreme Court was formed after the long period control of the Democrats over the White House and Senate. The demands of racial equality were more openly dealt by the Supreme Court. During 1950s, courts proved to be the major federal collaborator of the Civil Rights Movement. In response to the cases brought by the NAACP, a series of judgments were issued by the Supreme Court. These judgments constricted the capacity of Plessy v. Ferguson and ruled that separate arrangements of law institutions for whites and blacks would not be equal. The reason the ruling was that there would be a situation of inaccessibility for the black students to the standings, faculty, and graduate unions of the white schools. In simple words, there were certain insubstantial elements that had to be measured regarding equality guided by the law. In the decision of Brown v. Board of Education case the court declared that the policy of separate but equal is unacceptable in the field of public education. A follow-up decision by the court in 1955, also referred as Brown v. Board II, it was demanded by the court that the schooling systems should be integrated with all deliberate speed. A plan of substantial resistance was called by the U.S. Sen. Harry Byrd of Virginia in the South. According to the strategy, to fight against the Brown decision, the officials of the southern side would employ all resources in their power. Modest politicians were voted out of the office in the South by the end of 1955 and were replaced by the politicians who were in favor of preventing ...