HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Levi S. Peterson
13 Dec 2017
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Civil rights are human rights: examining intersecting movements. Challenges us government to live up to ideals. Also complicated because it is a part of a long continuum (continues to today) Gain momentum as they keep building in different sectors. Started more in the 30"s with the new deal. Social justice, economic equality, etc. was silenced by mccarthy. Came right after ww2 (during cold war) and affected those who challenged. United states became major world player economically and politically. Marchers demanding equal access to jobs and fair employment. Wealth did not trickle down to all americans. One of the first famous poems of the 20th century. Wrote about being a black person at this time. In the south, jim crowe continued to rise. In the north and south, the law did not make segregation illegal. Entertained at hotels on the strip but were not allowed to stay as guests. Before the 1950"s they did not come forth of the national stage.
