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International Politics and Civil Rights Policies in the United States, 1941-1960 Book

Despite the impressive volume of literature on the civil rights movement and U.S. race policies, the connection between American foreign policy in the World War II and the postwar years and America's race policy remains largely unexplored. Focusing on this gap , Professor Layton's book shows that the revolutionary changes in world politics during the wake of WWII created new opportunities and pressure points for reforming U.S. race policies.Read More

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    In the period following World War II, the federal government devoted more time and attention to civil rights reform and legislation than it had since the end of Reconstruction in 1876. Despite the impressive literature that analyzes the modern civil rights movement, its connection to American foreign policy during and after the war remains largely unexplored. Focusing on this gap, Professor Layton shows that the revolutionary changes in world politics created by the war also created new opportunities and pressure points for reforming U.S. race policies. The Holocaust, the dismantling of colonial empires, the Cold War, and the establishment of the United Nations all contributed to a new receptivity to civil rights reform in both the executive and judicial branches of the federal government. And, as Professor Layton describes, civil rights leaders quickly recognized the opportunities presented by the new international environment and were able to use them in exerting their own pressure to enact domestic policy reforms.

  • 0521669766
  • 9780521669764
  • Azza Salama Layton
  • 28 February 2000
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 230
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