a) soldiers were in demand in the early 1940's and this inevitably created a shortage of white male laborers. This gave new job opportunities to African Americans, Latinos, and White Women.
b) about one million African Americans served in the armed forces which needed so man fighting men that they had to end their descriminatory policies.
c)during the civil war, civil rights organizations actively campaigned for African American voting rights an challenged Jim Crow laws.
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World War 2 fostered civil rights by helping to break down the barriers of segregation. Blacks were finally able to fight in wars, even though they were still considered expendable. This broke way to more civil rights leading to even black voting.
1) the demand of soldiers during the war had created a shortage of white male workers.
2) about 700,000 African Americans had served in the armed forces.
the movement gained new support
a woman was not allowed to fly a plane back then because at the time, women did not have very many rights, and werent allowed to have any rights. women didnt get their rights until the Civil Rights Movement.
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feared the black power movement
The Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional. This was the single biggest reason for the start of Civil Rights Movement, because it opened the door to challenging segregation in all areas.