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CORE Congress of racial equality. African Americans in the military, Mexican Americans in wartime and the Japanese Americans in the War effort: Japanese American Citizens League.Read more: What_events_show_the_persistence_of_racial_tension_during_World_War_2
Dr. King said that America would be satisfied with racial equality and treating others equally. He stated that until you have racial equality, America will never be satisfied. In a sense, he was right in his predictions of racial unrest in the country.
David Walker was a 19th century African American anti slavery activist and a vocal advocate of black unity and racial equality. While living in Boston, Massachusetts he authored 'An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World', in which he pleaded with African Americans to unite for the cause of racial equality. His published appeal had a profound effect on the abolition campaign and is today considered an important and influential political and social document of the time.
They passed the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to guarantee equality under the law and the right to vote. Both amendments counteracted efforts by the President, the southern states, and the courts to block Congress's Reconstruction program.
The dilution of the voting strength of racial and ethnic minorities.