HIUS 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Diane Nash, Lunch Counter, Mexican Americans
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Had it not been for the strong civil rights movement of the african americans in the (cid:1005)95(cid:1004)s, there would(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e (cid:373)u(cid:272)h i(cid:374)te(cid:374)sifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) for me(cid:454)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) rights. Shift: exploding economy into the 1970s: unemployment remained remarkably low, gdp increased 3. 8% from 1940s-1970s, sustained boom, current gdp growth is 1. 5% (as a reference to how substantial this was) People of minority came back after the war: created more advocacy organizations, finished school; education was important. Post war baby boom: millions of americans delayed having kids in the 1930s-1950s: 2 births/woman, birthrate spiked at 1945-1960: 3. 5 births/woman. 63. 5 million babies: more young people, more impatience, more people going to college, intensifying war in vietnam. Buses, theaters, schools, etc: nashville: john lewis and angela butler, diane nash: student sit ins. African americans went into white only lunch counters and sat down for the whole day as a protest. At first, there was no violence involved for 2 weeks.
