HIST 173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Aid To Families With Dependent Children, Kerner Commission, Direct Relief
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The civil rights movement and the transformation of liberalism. The emergence of the civil rights movement after world war ii was one of the most important events in. It forced white americans to recognize the systematic discrimination that affected african. And it shattered the postwar consensus and sparked a revival of liberal reform. These reforms included landmark civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination and restored the voting rights of blacks in the south. Reformers in the 1960s also increased government regulation of business, expanded the welfare state, and passed laws that addressed new quality of life issues. By the late 1960s, new political forces committed to combating discrimination and protecting the rights of minorities had gained substantial public support and sparked new tensions within the. Inspired by a new rights-oriented liberalism, they pushed the democrats to embrace new causes and appeal to new constituencies. Blacks were optimistic and determined after world war ii.
