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1920s to the 1950 s & civil rights movement

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Most people today think about the Second Reconstruction as a reform that was imminent, as it was presumably inevitable for the U.S. not to change its system so as for it to incorporate African Americans as equals. However, conditions are apparently different, as the Johnson Administration seemed indifferent to the African American cause and it had not been until numerous influential individuals struggled to achieve equal rights for black individuals that the government actually considered approving the set of legislations. 1965 was an essential year in demonstrating that matters could not go on if change would not happen, as the government realized that African Americans and everyone supported them were determined to achieve enfranchisement through any means possible, even if this meant that they would have to perform innumerable riots in order to do so

Courts had also changed their position concerning African American enfranchisement, as unlike how most courts were in 1870, the ones in 1965 seemed more supportive toward the movement and actually played an important role in bettering conditions for black people. The First Reconstruction was doomed from its very start, as it was obvious that white supremacists and racists would not support a biracial coalition