Civil Rights on Long Island

Civil Rights on Long Island
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9781439657546
ISBN-13 : 1439657548
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Book Synopsis Civil Rights on Long Island by : Christopher Claude Verga

Download or read book Civil Rights on Long Island written by Christopher Claude Verga and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long Island has been in the corridors of almost all major turning points of American history, but Long Island has been overlooked as a battleground of the civil rights movement. Since early colonization by the English settlers in the 17th century, the shadow of slavery has bequeathed a racial caste system that has directly or indirectly been enforced. During World War II, every member of society was asked to participate in ending tyranny within European and Asian borders. Homeward-bound black soldiers expected a societal change in race relations; instead they found the same racial barriers they experienced prior to the war. They were refused homes in developments such as Levittown, denied mortgages, and had their children face limited educational opportunities. Collective efforts from organizations such as Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) employed civil disobedience as a tactic to fracture racial barriers.


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