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Black Americans in Congress

Historical Essays

Black Americans in Congress: Introduction

Fifteenth Amendment in Flesh and Blood

The Negroes' Temporary Farewell

Keeping the Faith

Precongressional Experience

Legislative Electoral Characteristics

Party Realignment and the New Deal

The Second World War

Postwar Foreign Policy and African-American Civil Rights

The Civil Rights Movement And The Second Reconstruction, 1945–1968

Crafting an Institutional Identity

Conclusion

Permanent Interests

Member Profiles

Historical Data

Artifacts

The Civil Rights Movement And The Second Reconstruction, 1945—1968

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During the period from the end of World War II until the late 1960s, often referred to as America’s “Second Reconstruction,” the nation began to correct civil and human rights abuses that had lingered in American society for a century. A grassroots civil rights movement coupled with gradual but progressive actions by Presidents, the federal courts, and Congress eventually provided more complete political rights for African Americans and began to redress longstanding economic and social inequities. While African-American Members of Congress from this era played prominent roles in advocating for reform, it was largely the efforts of everyday Americans who protested segregation that prodded a reluctant Congress to pass landmark civil rights legislation in the 1960s.76

the scientific revolution brought us a renewed understanding of humanity and our place in the universe, new scientific equipment, and new laws as a basis for future scientific discovery.