Why did segregation come under increasing attack in the United States following WWII? how was it challenged?

Question

if you know anything, please explain. i would appreciate it. thank you!!

Answer 1

It has been claimed that the Holocaust in WW II is what began to make Americans, in all sections of the country...North, South, East and West.....consider that racism could be a threat to the democracy that America so valued.  Also, it was during WW II that the military was intergrated. Truman was responsible for that, and many have credited him with getting the Civil Rights Movement going.

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Answer 2

I would reckon that the n**i's master race thing made

racism a lot less acceptable to most Americans.

Answer 3

During world war two, hundreds of thousands of black soldiers, sailors, and airmen served in the military, and many other black women and men worked civilian jobs supporting the war effort. They suffered and died as much as any white soldier, and performed as well.  After the war, it was natural that many people (namely the white male power structure) tried to return things to status quo. But it was equally natural that the same men who served in combat and risked all would not be as "docile" as they were before the war. They began agitating for their constitutional rights.

   There was a big boost in the early 1950s when the military was desegrigated, thanks to Eisenhower. While this did not single handedly lead to the desegrigation of society, it set a powerful example. Also, it made it harder for state and local authorities to justify segregation when the federal government was rejecting the idea. Add to this personal actions from the early civil rights leaders, as well as individual citizens of all races, and the issue could no longer be ignored. Finally, as the federal government began using its power to enforce desegrigation, television played its part. The sight of white males beating, hosing, and setting attack dogs on unresisting protesters forced many people to re-examine their views, and to decide which side they would prefer to be associated with. So over 160 years after the founding of the nation, we moved a giant step forward with the proposition that "all men are created equal".