LAUREN YARNELL TUESDAYS BLOG
Truman & Civil Rights
-Truman supported the fight against racial discrimination more than any previous president.
He supported
~a civil rights committee report calling for federal legislation against lynchings
~creation of special civil rights division with the Justice department
~Anti-discrimination initiatives in employment, housing, and public facilities
~desegregation of the military.
Dixiecrats
-Truman support for civil rights and his proposals prompted many white southern democrats to bolt from the democratic party to srom Thurmond's dixiecrat party in 1948.
-despite the split in the democratic party over issues of race, Truman still supports early civil rights movement.
After labo leader A. Philip Randolph treatened to organize protests against segregation in the military, Truman issued an order calling for desegration of military during korean war.
-Truman endorsed the Fair employment Practice Commission to end racial discrimination in federal hiring.
Trumans Justice Department appeared in court to support litigants contesting government- backed public school segregation and "restrictive covenants" in real estate.
-1946, Supreme Court declared restrictive covenants illegal and begin chipping away at the seperate but equal principle set in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.
1950, sumpreme court ruled under 14th amendment racial segregation in state-financed graduate and law schools was unconstitutional.
-this set U.S on a course leading to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in 1954.
Many people seemed to view change as progress yet, th pace of change caused uneasiness. 1947 major league baseball's policy of racial segration changed. Jackie Robenson played for the Dodger's as a second baseman.
Havin broken the color line, did little to protect balck players from protests, insults, spikes, and brushback pitches.
-late 1940s early 1950s, they worked to contain the participation of blacks
Suburbs
-Levittown, New York set pace for development of mass produced homes in Suburban developments.
-Governments offered an extensive set of programs to help buyers purchase homes
~Federal Housing Administration(FHA) helped lenders extend credit to developers.
~FHA guarenteed low down payment loans to buyers
~Veterans used GI Bill to obtain loans for homes
~Congress made interest paid on mortgages deductable from federal income taxes
~Purchases could sell their first home at a profil as they moved up scale
The Suburbs promised greater privacy and more amenities than cities
~cheaper
~ideal place to raise children
~schools and houses were newer
Government private housing policies help maintain segregationist patterns in suburbs
-federal laws allowed local groups to veto public housing projects in their communities
-lending industry chaneled government loan guarantees away form urban neighborhoods and private lenders.
Suburban living surrounded by automobile
-Most were single car familes and women were stuck at home
-Child care facilites were rare in the suburbs and there were fewer older relatives living there.
-Eventually fell into a pattern of "seperate spheres"
so men were to politics as women were to the home
Lacking mother and grandmothers, Suburban housewives truned to Dr. Benjamin spock's book "Baby and Child Care"
-It had advice on how to raise children, teenageres and raised the concerns on juvenille delliquents.
-added pressure on wives to raise good children.
-women with careers outside of the home risked negative comments.
Women sitll entered the workfore
-clercial and service sectors for married women
-gender segregated ares: nurses, telephone operators, secretaries, elementary school teachers
-pay was lower, unions were not as active, and chances for advancement were more limited than in male sectores of the work force.
-Truman supported the fight against racial discrimination more than any previous president.
He supported
~a civil rights committee report calling for federal legislation against lynchings
~creation of special civil rights division with the Justice department
~Anti-discrimination initiatives in employment, housing, and public facilities
~desegregation of the military.
Dixiecrats
-Truman support for civil rights and his proposals prompted many white southern democrats to bolt from the democratic party to srom Thurmond's dixiecrat party in 1948.
-despite the split in the democratic party over issues of race, Truman still supports early civil rights movement.
After labo leader A. Philip Randolph treatened to organize protests against segregation in the military, Truman issued an order calling for desegration of military during korean war.
-Truman endorsed the Fair employment Practice Commission to end racial discrimination in federal hiring.
Trumans Justice Department appeared in court to support litigants contesting government- backed public school segregation and "restrictive covenants" in real estate.
-1946, Supreme Court declared restrictive covenants illegal and begin chipping away at the seperate but equal principle set in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.
1950, sumpreme court ruled under 14th amendment racial segregation in state-financed graduate and law schools was unconstitutional.
-this set U.S on a course leading to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in 1954.
Many people seemed to view change as progress yet, th pace of change caused uneasiness. 1947 major league baseball's policy of racial segration changed. Jackie Robenson played for the Dodger's as a second baseman.
Havin broken the color line, did little to protect balck players from protests, insults, spikes, and brushback pitches.
-late 1940s early 1950s, they worked to contain the participation of blacks
Suburbs
-Levittown, New York set pace for development of mass produced homes in Suburban developments.
-Governments offered an extensive set of programs to help buyers purchase homes
~Federal Housing Administration(FHA) helped lenders extend credit to developers.
~FHA guarenteed low down payment loans to buyers
~Veterans used GI Bill to obtain loans for homes
~Congress made interest paid on mortgages deductable from federal income taxes
~Purchases could sell their first home at a profil as they moved up scale
The Suburbs promised greater privacy and more amenities than cities
~cheaper
~ideal place to raise children
~schools and houses were newer
Government private housing policies help maintain segregationist patterns in suburbs
-federal laws allowed local groups to veto public housing projects in their communities
-lending industry chaneled government loan guarantees away form urban neighborhoods and private lenders.
Suburban living surrounded by automobile
-Most were single car familes and women were stuck at home
-Child care facilites were rare in the suburbs and there were fewer older relatives living there.
-Eventually fell into a pattern of "seperate spheres"
so men were to politics as women were to the home
Lacking mother and grandmothers, Suburban housewives truned to Dr. Benjamin spock's book "Baby and Child Care"
-It had advice on how to raise children, teenageres and raised the concerns on juvenille delliquents.
-added pressure on wives to raise good children.
-women with careers outside of the home risked negative comments.
Women sitll entered the workfore
-clercial and service sectors for married women
-gender segregated ares: nurses, telephone operators, secretaries, elementary school teachers
-pay was lower, unions were not as active, and chances for advancement were more limited than in male sectores of the work force.
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