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Civil Rights

The Civil Rights movement began after World War II because the U.S was condemning the Soviets for human rights violations all while the second-class status of African Americans began to around national conscience. Fighting for freedom against tyranny abroad, Americans had to face the fact that minorities were still denied freedom at home. African Americans were a badly disadvantaged group and still worked low paying jobs and faced social discrimination. In the South for example, laws still forced blacks to be segregated from white society. Truman was the first president to try and turn racial discrimination around in America. In 1946 he appointed a commission on civil rights that reported back to the president with suggestions. They recommended reinstating the FEPC, or Fair Employment Practices Committee, the establishment of a permanent civil rights commission, and denial of federal aid to any state that allowed segregation in schools and public facilities.
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