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From a social perspective African Americans went through a long and painful process to have full restoration of rights as equal citizens in society over a 20 year time span if not more after World War II. The fight for equal rights and freedom of African Americans in society was a big part of American History giving a look into the life of the black community and the struggles they have faced over the years as well as their experiences after the war. (African American Civil right movement)======

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In December 1943, the singer and activist Paul Robeson became the first black man to address baseball team owners on the subject of integration. At the owners' annual winter meeting, Robeson argued that baseball, as a national game, had an obligation to ensure segregation did not become a national pattern. The owners gave Robeson a round of applause. Although Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis remarked after the meeting that there was no rule on the books denying blacks entry into the league, he had stood in way of integration for more than 20 years. His death in 1944 removed a significant obstacle to integrating Major League Baseball. Jackie Robinson was a sports pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement, best known for becoming the first African American to play professional sports in the major leagues. Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball on April 15, 1947. His first major league game came one year before the U.S. Army was integrated, seven years before Brown v. Board of Education, eight years before Rosa Parks, and before Martin Luther King Jr. was leading the Civil Rights Movement.(African American Civil right movement)======

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In many cities and towns, African Americans were not allowed to share a taxi with whites or enter a building through the same entrance. They had to drink from separate water fountains, use separate restrooms, attend separate schools, be buried in separate cemeteries and swear on separate Bibles. They were excluded from restaurants and public libraries. Many parks barred them with signs that read "Negroes and dogs not allowed." One municipal zoo listed separate visiting hours. The etiquette of racial segregation was harsher, particularly in the South. African Americans were expected to step aside to let a white person pass, and black men dared not look any white woman in the eye. Black men and women were addressed as "Tom" or "Jane", but rarely as "Mr." or "Miss" or "Mrs," titles then widely in use for adults. Whites referred to black men of any age as "boy" and a black woman as "girl"; both often were called by labels such as "nigger" or "colored."(African American Civil right movement)======

After World War 2 things started to change and people slowly started to accept African American. Although there are still some racism out in the world it isn’t like it was back in the day.
"African-American Civil Rights Movement." //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1896%E2%80%931954)//. //N.p.//, 6 Jan. 2012. Web. 6 Jan. 2012.