AMH 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Truman Doctrine, Dawes Act, Executive Order 8802
24 Feb 2017
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Four freedoms (1941: freedom of speech (american) to pursue other freedoms/ in response to. Communism: freedom to worship . in response to holocaust, freedom from want in response to great depression, freedom from fear . Views on freedom: minorities seeking rights/ women/ immigrants/ youth( young adults, a. phillip randolph. 1941: calls for march on washington : seeks educational rights, desegregation of defense jobs, pushes for anti- lynching law (nat"l) seeks integration, exec. Bans segregation in defense related jobs: core 1942 congress of racial equality: seek civil/ equal rights for the races , black internationalism: tying the struggle of racism at home to colonialism abroad. Communism attract african americans due to ideas of equality. Nat"l resources planning board: employment security, expansion of welfare state, access to education. Thursday, february 23, 2017: adequate housing/jobs, social security, economic bill of rights doesn"t get passed by congress. Native americans: no more dawes act, no more forced assimilation. Post wwii ideologically split between communism & democracy.
