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A 7 page research paper that discusses legislative efforts that have addressed race relations, poverty and gender social reform. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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reform issues that pertain to race relations, poverty and gender. The following examination of this aspect of American history will consider the early proponents of these issues; their evolution into
legislation and also whether or not the legislation was effective in addressing these issues. Race Relations Many historians and scholars label the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a pivotal
event in the inception of the nation-wide movement to gain civil and political rights for African Americans. Nevertheless, there was also activism that occurred before this date. For example, in
1949, a group of African American women organized the Womens Political Council (WPC), which focused on the need for increased black voter registration and citizenship education, which would prepare black
citizens to protest effectively against segregation (Crawford, 1998). Following Rosa Parks arrest in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person, which
occurred on December 1, 1955, the WPC initiated strategies and tactics that pertained to mass mobilization of support for the bus boycott that followed, which included alternatives transportation strategies (Crawford,
1998). As this suggests, civil rights protests and demonstrations were, in general, coordinated efforts that were organized and supported by black organizations, such as the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). This sort of organized effort was necessary in order to chip away little by little at the monolithic nature of the entrenched segregation. This entrenched
nature is exemplified by the fact that the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka made absolutely no difference in the nations public schools until
the federal government took steps to force compliance. While much of what has been written on the Civil Rights movement records what occurred in the South, scholars such as
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