12. why was there such limited progress? Flashcards
other issues in the period distracted administrations from difficult and contensious racial issues e.g.
depression of 1930s
ww2
cold war
influence of Southern Democratic Senators and representatives a barrier to passing effective civil rights legislation
bills fail in
1938
1946
1948
1950
limited electoral support for civil rights
what supported this
the fact that many AA could not vote
Civil Rights Action =
lots of intevention in South where racism firmly established and supported by state govs
North -
influx of AA from 1915 = racial hatred common
liberalisation involved in civil rights legislation opened administrations to charge of being
communist
conservative southener Truman was bitterly criticised by conservaive democrats for expressing concerns about
civil rights and condemning lynching and violence