How stood up for the minorities following WW2?

Question

After World War II, minorities that had been ignored or forgotten began to be noticed. Describe how each group achieved recognition. What factor, person or institution was instrumental in the change in status for each minority group? Why did these events happen in the post-World War II era and not earlier, say during the Progressive period?

Answer 1

Harry Truman

At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Truman attempted to calm turbulent domestic political waters by placing a tepid civil rights plank in the party platform; the aim was to assuage the internal conflicts between the northern and southern wings of his party. Events overtook the president's efforts at compromise, however. A sharp address given by Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. of Minneapolis, Minnesota —as well as the local political interests of a number of urban bosses—convinced the convention to adopt a stronger civil rights plank, which Truman endorsed wholeheartedly. Within two weeks he issued Executive Order 9981, racially integrating the U.S. Armed Services following World War II.[20] [21] Truman took considerable political risk in backing civil rights, and was very concerned that the loss of Dixiecrat support might destroy the Democratic Party. The fear was well justified -- Strom Thurmond declared his candidacy for the presidency and led a full-scale revolt of southern "states' rights" proponents against Truman's Democratic party.

Answer 2

Nobody stood up for the majority of the minorities following world war 2. If some teacher or class is trying to sell you that they are lying.

All you have to do is look at the map pre and post world war 2 to see who got a little more recognition and who didn't. The difference in the number of states isn't really that many.

But what you won't see is how many extra smaller groups related to one ethnicity or another got sleighted and forced out of their homes and sometimes their lives.

Let's look at just one example say chechoslovakia. At the time there were Czechs, slovaks, atleast one subgroup of germans, jews, probably some poles, and maybe something else I am forgetting. -- Didn't make one difference...

Pretty much the same everywhere else except for maybe the yugoslavia area and isreal. And Israel probably had more to do with christians trying to bring about the revelation prophecies(zionism) than anything else.