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This 5 page paper examines the topic of civil rights and elections between the years 1948 and 1968. Background information is included regarding each of the elections during the time span. The civil rights movement is discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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cases like Brown v. Board of Education. Of course, one can go back even further to the Truman administration when things really began to heat up. In 1948, President Truman
signed an executive order that would effectively "end segregation in the military" (Miller & Faux, 1997, p.109). It also served to end "discrimination in civil service" (1997, p.109). In addition
to the executive office and Congress entering the fight for civil rights, other things began to change. The Supreme Court would rule on the case Shelley v. Kraemer where
the court claimed that the sale of homes in such a manner as to exclude non-whites is not legal (1997). This case was heard as early as 1948 (1997). Yet,
these things all influenced elections during the time period. Perhaps for the first time in some time, civil rights was a significant issue during the 1948 presidential election. In fact,
to an extent, the civil rights revolution would impact presidential election voting patterns between 1948 and 1968. Truman had proposed several measure to Congress that would guarantee rights for black
Americans (Boller, 1984). This actually created a stir at the Democratic convention when a civil rights dispute ensued (1984). Clearly, his support of civil rights had something to do with
the win. Boller puts it this way: "Truman...waged the kind of campaign, according to journalist I.F. Stone, that FDR would have waged, and he was able to hold together the
old coalition--labor, farmers, the South, blacks, and ethnic minorities--that had given FDR so many triumphs" (1984, p. 274). Here, it is suggested that Truman was able to secure the black
vote as well as the vote of a variety of minorities. Interestingly, while much occurred during the 1950s such as the sit ins, especially the famous one at the Greensboro
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