Politics+(Civil+Rights)

=Intro=

Civil rights took it's first step when the 13th Amendment was signed in 1865.The 13th Amendment states that all enslaved people are to be independent.

In 1868, the 14th Amendment was granted. It stated each person born native to the United States of America is granted the right of protection and citizenship of the United States of America. Also, in the year of 1870, the 15th Amendment was made official which stated that all males had the right to vote regardless of race, color, or "previous condition of servitude".

Most people blame African-Americans for black civil rights**.** People like Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, etc., but who people have forgotten about is the people who made the civil rights dreams become laws... the presidents of the United States.

=The Start of Civil Rights=

The [|U.S. presidents] like[|John .F. Kennedy], [|Lyndon .B. Johnson] , [|Harry .S. Truman] , and [|Franklin.D.Roosevelt] are examples of presidents who have done something to support civil rights. They have done things as of passing laws to desegregate the military, public places, and most importantly - schools.

=Political Civil Rights Leaders= = = =1.Franklin Delano Roosevelt= =2.Harry.S. Truman= =3.John Fitzgerald Kennedy= =4.Lyndon.B. Johnson=

=Franklin Delano Roosevelt=

Franklin Roosevelt was the 32th president of the United States. Roosevelt issued Executive Order #8802 to ensure fair employment practices in the armed forces and the federal government. Eleanor Roosevelt( Roosevelt's wife) was also a board member of the [| NAACP](National Association of the Advancement of Colored People).this helped his relationship between African-Americans. Roosevelt was the first of the three U.S. presidents of racial equality to have their presidential reign run into the years of the 2nd World War.

=Harry.S. Truman=

Harry.S.Truman was the 33rd president of the United States. Until the leadership of Harry.S.Truman, black and white people had to sign-up for military corp positions based on their race or ethnicity(which was related to Roosevelt's Executive Order #8802).

On July 26,1948, Executive Order #9981 was issued by Truman which desegregated the military(armed forces).If it wasn't for Truman we might not have won World War ll (WW2). Truman was the second of the three presidents to have their presidential reign run in to the years of WW2. Truman picked the military to desegregate, because if people of different races come together in a war they have no other choice but to fuse together what both races have, which is nationalism(loyalty towards ones country). Now that it's biracial the military can bring people of all origins together.

=3.John Fitzgerald Kennedy=

John.F.Kennedy(JFK) was the 35th president of the United States. To most people Kennedy did the most for racial equality.He initiated alot of bills and laws to give blacks freedom from segregation and racism.

=The Civil Rights Act of 1964= John Kennedy initiated the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This abolished racial discrimination all public places. Kennedy was the first U.S. president to assign federal jobs to African-Americans.He gave jobs like Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, Associate White House Press Secretary, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. He also gave five blacks the position of federal judges so that blacks could be tried equally in the court of law. This gave hope to African-Americans - hope that they escape poverty.

In 1960, President Kennedy (along with the supreme court) proposed a law that eliminated bus or public transportation discrimination.This ruled country-wide.AS soon as people saw it on television, they hopped on public city buses to see if what was said was true. This was called the Freedom Rider's Act.

This act also let blacks buy houses based on their income instead of their race.This was announced as Kennedy's Executive Order #11063.

Africans developed the rights to vote and stop- voting discrimination. But, racist still tried to prevent blacks from voting by coming up with poll taxes,which means you have to pay a certain amount of money to vote. But that rule was vetoed(stopped). =The Start Of Head Start=

One of the biggest things that came out of this act was school desegregation.This let black and white children and grown-ups attend the same schools.One of the main education events that occurred was a toddler program called Head Start.This let children under the age of 4 years of age get a[| HEAD START] on their education, while there parents go to work. Employees did not have to have a degree to teach, but they did need the knowledge of basic learning necessities. At first, it was used as a day care, but it grew to focus more on education.

After he initiated the laws Kennedy told Congress the purposes of the law. Sadly, Kennedy could not see his dreams come true. Kennedy was assassinated in 1962. The laws were passed in 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson. The Bill had 8 sections. President Kennedy was one of the greatest president of the United States. He did the most for African American Racial equality. People think Kennedy just focused on the African American population; he focused on all races. At the time, African Americans seemed to be in the most need.