post war era

• what was the impact of WW2 of AA civil rights?

  - executive order 8587 in 1940 which prohibited discrimination on base of race

  - executive orders were also used to prevent discrimination in defence industries in 1941

  - Philip Randolph did a 100,000 strong march on washington to ensure supply of labour for defence

  - there were over 1 million AAs in the armed forces during this era - but they fought in segregated units

  - not until late 1945 that armed forces were desegregated
• What desegregated the armed forces?

  President Truman's executive order in 1948 against segregation in the military
• why was there such limited progress within the post-war era?

  - issue of civil rights peripheral in comparison with other issues facing the USA during this period - e.g., cold war

  - influence of southern senators and representatives prevented the passing of effective civil-rights legislation

  - limited electoral support for AAs

  - North - racial hatred more common due to influx of AA in great migration in 1915