affluent society and civil rights 1945-61
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Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61
• Introduction• Affluent Society
– Statistics– Vets– Family Life
• Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63– Background– Brown– Bus Boycott
• Other Americans• Conclusion
Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61
• Introduction• Affluent Society
– Statistics– Vets– Family Life
• Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63– Background– Brown– Bus Boycott
• Other Americans• Conclusion
Affluent Society1945-1961
• American Families in 1960– 60% owned homes– 75% owned a car– 87% owned a TV
Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61
• Introduction• Affluent Society
– Statistics– Vets– Family Life
• Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63– Background– Brown– Bus Boycott
• Other Americans• Conclusion
G.I. Bill1944
• Full tuition and spending money for school
• Loans guaranteed up to $2,000
• Money for 52/20 Club– Unemployment of $20 a
week for a year
• Produced a social revolution– Growth of middle class– Primary Beneficiaries were
white males
Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61
• Introduction• Affluent Society
– Statistics– Vets– Family Life
• Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63– Background– Brown– Bus Boycott
• Other Americans• Conclusion
• Many new homeowners built in the suburbs– 20 million Americans
moved to the suburbs during the 1950s
American Family and Baby Boom
• Americans tended to marry at a younger age
• Fertility rate increased– 1940: 80 births per 1,000
women– 1957: 123 births per
1,000 women
• Baby Boom Generation: born between 1946-1964– 76 Million Americans
American Family and Baby Boom
• Impact of Baby Boomers– Late 1940s: Baby supplies– 1950s: School Construction– 1960s: College Enrollments– 1970s: House Construction– 1980-90s: Stock Market– 2000s: Social Security and
Health Care
Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61
• Introduction• Affluent Society
– Statistics– Vets– Family Life
• Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63– Background– Brown– Bus Boycott
• Other Americans• Conclusion
Civil Rights: Background• WWII raised expectations of
many African Americans• Returning veterans expected
more racial equality after fight a war against fascism
• Truman established the first President’s Committee on Civil Rights
• Armed Forces desegregated in 1948
• NAACP attacked segregation through court system
Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61
• Introduction• Affluent Society
– Statistics– Vets– Family Life
• Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63– Background– Brown– Bus Boycott
• Other Americans• Conclusion
Brown Decision
• Linda Brown couldn’t attend a school near her home because of segregation
• Thurgood Marshal: NAACP attorney who represented the Browns
• Earl Warren: Supreme Court Chief Justice who presided over the case
Brown Decision1954
• The decision– The doctrine of separate
but equal had no place in education
– Segregation in schools was prohibited
Brown Decision1954
• The decision– The doctrine of separate
but equal had no place in education
– Segregation in schools was prohibited
• Impact– The Courts would
protect the civil liberties of all Americans, even if Congress or states would not
– Spark that started the modern Civil Rights movement
Following Brown
• Supreme Court ordered schools be desegregated with all deliberate speed
• Flash Point– Desegregation of high
school in Little Rock, Arkansas
– Guards had to escort Af. Am. Students to and from campus
Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61
• Introduction• Affluent Society
– Statistics– Vets– Family Life
• Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63– Background– Brown– Bus Boycott
• Other Americans• Conclusion
Bus BoycottMontgomery, AL, 1955-56
• Rosa Parks sparked the boycott
• Af. Am. Community mobilized and demanded equality
Bus BoycottMontgomery, AL, 1955-56
• Martin Luther King, Jr.• Goal: Integration of Af.
Am. into U.S. society• Tactic: Non-violent
protest• The boycott continued
for about a year• In 1956, the buses
became intergrated
Civil Rights: Phase I
• In the mid-1950s the modern civil rights movement began
• Actions of individuals began to erode the Jim Crow/Segregation laws in the U.S.
Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61
• Introduction• Affluent Society
– Statistics– Vets– Family Life
• Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63– Background– Brown– Bus Boycott
• Other Americans• Conclusion
Other Americans
• The Other Americans: Poverty in the United States– Author: Michael
Harrington– Published in 1962
• U.S. in 1960s– 22% at or below poverty
level– 35 million Americans
Other Americans
• U.S. in 1960s– 22% at or below poverty
level– 35 million Americans– Many lived in inner-cities– Disproportionetly racial
and ethnic minorities, single parent families, senor citizens
Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61
• Introduction• Affluent Society
– Statistics– Vets– Family Life
• Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63– Background– Brown– Bus Boycott
• Other Americans• Conclusion
Conclusion
• The U.S. was charachterized by its affluence; but not all Am. were included
• Beginnings of modern Civil Rights movement
Websites of Interest
• Linda Brown Family• 1950s Popular Culture
Source
• http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/index.html