Success of Civil Rights [Measurement]

Question 1

What is the background for the development of Black civil rights?

Answer 1

In post-war America…
- events occurred which emphasised continued racism
- in the South, the KKK and Jim Crow Laws were still active
- in the North, inequalities were prominent in housing and employment
- after WW2 civil rights movements rose and became successful in the 1950’s and 60’s