HIST 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: National Origins Formula, Powerviolence, Global Brain
10 Sep 2017
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Reduction in congressional seats in states that disenfranchised blacks. School desegregation by end of year: been a decade since ordered desegregation but never happened. Blacking of federal funding to discriminatory housing projects: k. article, subsidizing discriminatory housing, major problem not just free market problem but caused by the government. Political rhetoric was emphasized social and economic: mass mediation, forced kennedy administration cooperation. Kennedy assassinated in november 1963: lyndon johnson, member of house during late 30s, senate major leader in 50s, master bargainer. Agenda: civil rights, economic inequality ( unconditional war on poverty in america : bipartisan civi rights act of 1964. Economic inequality and civil rights are very intertwined with each other: end racial discrimination on federal jobs etc, watershed moment, but took 100 years to implement this, government guarantees of recon. Election of 1964: lbj vs barry goldwater. Goldwater: opposition of civil rights act, dismantling of new deal state (e. g privatize tva)
