Information+on+the+African-American+Experience+after+World+War+II

** __The African-American Experience After World War II__ ** ==**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. Segregation was one of the most argued issues and main topics discussed after the war, there were a number of documented cases against this matter brought to trial in The Supreme Court. For example, some important and most well known cases involving this matter that lead to social change after the war would be // Brown v. Board of Education //and The Civil Rights Act of 1964. **== ==Cozzens, Lisa.. Ed. ""Brown v. Board of Education." African American History. ." //www.watson.org //. //N.p. //, (25 May 1998). . Web. 1/11/2012. . ==

==**In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 Homer Plessy was arrested and put in jail for sitting in the “White” car of the East Louisiana Railroad instead of the “colored” car Plessy went to court and argued against the unfair incarceration and as a result of ruling by The Supreme Court Plessy was found guilty again and imprisoned once again for violating the "separate but equal" doctrine. It was not until 1954 that the "separate but equal" doctrine was abolished and as a result a law was put in effect as a state-mandate stating discrimination and segregation of White Americans and African Americans was unconstitutional in the case of //Brown v. Board of Education//. **== Cozzens, Lisa. . Ed. "Plessy v. Ferguson." //www.watson.org //. watson.org, (25 May 1998). . Web. 1/11/2012. .

==** The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a piece of legislation that outlawed all major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, such as racial segregation. It diminished unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in school systems, jobs, stores, public transportation and other facilities that administered to the general public. **== "Civil Rights Act of 1964 ." //www.__Wikipedia__.com //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">. __Wikipedia__, 12 January 2012. Web. 1/11/2012. <http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">