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Affluent Society and Civil Rights 1945-61

Affluent Society and Civil Rights 1945-61. Affluent Society and Civil Rights 1945-61. Introduction Affluent Society Statistics Vets Family Life Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63 Background Brown Bus Boycott Other Americans Conclusion. Themes. Prosperity of U.S. society after WWII

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Affluent Society and Civil Rights 1945-61

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  1. Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61

  2. Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61 • Introduction • Affluent Society • Statistics • Vets • Family Life • Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63 • Background • Brown • Bus Boycott • Other Americans • Conclusion

  3. Themes • Prosperity of U.S. society after WWII • Beginnings of modern civil rights movement

  4. Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61 • Introduction • Affluent Society • Statistics • Vets • Family Life • Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63 • Background • Brown • Bus Boycott • Other Americans • Conclusion

  5. Affluent Society1945-1961 • American Families in 1960 • 60% owned homes • 75% owned a car • 87% owned a TV

  6. Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61 • Introduction • Affluent Society • Statistics • Vets • Family Life • Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63 • Background • Brown • Bus Boycott • Other Americans • Conclusion

  7. G.I. Bill1944 • Full tuition and spending money for school • Loans guaranteed up to $2,000 • Money for 52/20 Club • Unemployment of $20 a week for a year • Produced a social revolution • Growth of middle class • Primary Beneficiaries were white males

  8. Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61 • Introduction • Affluent Society • Statistics • Vets • Family Life • Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63 • Background • Brown • Bus Boycott • Other Americans • Conclusion

  9. Many new homeowners built in the suburbs • 20 million Americans moved to the suburbs during the 1950s

  10. American Family and Baby Boom • Americans tended to marry at a younger age • Fertility rate increased • 1940: 80 births per 1,000 women • 1957: 123 births per 1,000 women • Baby Boom Generation: born between 1946-1964 • 76 Million Americans

  11. American Family and Baby Boom • Impact of Baby Boomers • Late 1940s: Baby supplies • 1950s: School Construction • 1960s: College Enrollments • 1970s: House Construction • 1980-90s: Stock Market • 2000s: Social Security and Health Care

  12. Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61 • Introduction • Affluent Society • Statistics • Vets • Family Life • Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63 • Background • Brown • Bus Boycott • Other Americans • Conclusion

  13. Civil Rights: Background • WWII raised expectations of many African Americans • Returning veterans expected more racial equality after fight a war against fascism • Truman established the first President’s Committee on Civil Rights • Armed Forces desegregated in 1948 • NAACP attacked segregation through court system

  14. Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61 • Introduction • Affluent Society • Statistics • Vets • Family Life • Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63 • Background • Brown • Bus Boycott • Other Americans • Conclusion

  15. Brown Decision • Linda Brown couldn’t attend a school near her home because of segregation • Thurgood Marshal: NAACP attorney who represented the Browns • Earl Warren: Supreme Court Chief Justice who presided over the case

  16. Brown Decision1954 • The decision • The doctrine of separate but equal had no place in education • Segregation in schools was prohibited

  17. Brown Decision1954 • The decision • The doctrine of separate but equal had no place in education • Segregation in schools was prohibited • Impact • The Courts would protect the civil liberties of all Americans, even if Congress or states would not • Spark that started the modern Civil Rights movement

  18. Following Brown • Supreme Court ordered schools be desegregated with all deliberate speed • Flash Point • Desegregation of high school in Little Rock, Arkansas • Guards had to escort Af. Am. Students to and from campus

  19. Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61 • Introduction • Affluent Society • Statistics • Vets • Family Life • Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63 • Background • Brown • Bus Boycott • Other Americans • Conclusion

  20. Bus BoycottMontgomery, AL, 1955-56 • Rosa Parks sparked the boycott • Af. Am. Community mobilized and demanded equality

  21. Bus BoycottMontgomery, AL, 1955-56 • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Goal: Integration of Af. Am. into U.S. society • Tactic: Non-violent protest • The boycott continued for about a year • In 1956, the buses became intergrated

  22. Civil Rights: Phase I • In the mid-1950s the modern civil rights movement began • Actions of individuals began to erode the Jim Crow/Segregation laws in the U.S.

  23. Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61 • Introduction • Affluent Society • Statistics • Vets • Family Life • Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63 • Background • Brown • Bus Boycott • Other Americans • Conclusion

  24. Other Americans • The Other Americans: Poverty in the United States • Author: Michael Harrington • Published in 1962 • U.S. in 1960s • 22% at or below poverty level • 35 million Americans

  25. Other Americans • U.S. in 1960s • 22% at or below poverty level • 35 million Americans • Many lived in inner-cities • Disproportionetly racial and ethnic minorities, single parent families, senor citizens

  26. Affluent Society and Civil Rights1945-61 • Introduction • Affluent Society • Statistics • Vets • Family Life • Civil Rights Phase I: 1954-63 • Background • Brown • Bus Boycott • Other Americans • Conclusion

  27. Conclusion • The U.S. was charachterized by its affluence; but not all Am. were included • Beginnings of modern Civil Rights movement

  28. Websites of Interest • Linda Brown Family • 1950s Popular Culture

  29. Source • http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/index.html

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