in your opinion what was the most important factor that helped end segregation?

Question

you have a choice of:
role of tv
role of other media, radio, magazines, feature films etc
white individuals, jfk, bull connor etc
black individuals martin luther king, malcom x, rosa parks etc
and organisations naacp, church, congress, kkk etc

Answer 1

As an outsider i would have to say ordinary black individuals.

Not (only) Brother Malcolm and Martin and Sister Rosa but all those who had previously lived jim crow lives that said enough is enough, stared the dogs in the face and offered their heads to the batons.

We all need leaders, we all need organisations, media is an important tool, but its the way people agree with or reject the ligitamacy of the prevailing power structure on the ground. evidencing this with their civil co-operation or dissent, that actually does it

Ghandi knew and said that a population that will not be governed can not be governed by force.

Every individual in Selma and Montgomery and other places that hit the streets and sat at the counters brought about the end of segregation.

Not my place to say but well done folks.

Answer 2

WWII set the stage for the change in public opinion. The public relations effort by the government to overcome the ethnic prejudices in society to prevent retaliation against Italian and German citizens, and the revelations about the Holocaust both had a big effect on the attitudes of people, especially the young. I doubt the civil Rights movement could have succeeded before the war but immediately after there were a series of steps taken that lead to the civil rights act of 1964. Desegregation of the army before the Korean war, and the Brown decision where important milestones. The exposure of the entrenched racism in the south push thing along, but without the shift in attitudes, it would not have worked. The KKK had a national presents, and was not just in the south in the 1920's.

Answer 3

For goodness sake, the first thing you should do is look up the word segregation, because your situation is not segregation. You should have looked at the requirements before you ran for anything... wouldn't you think to do that? You want a political career and you cannot seem to understand the requirements in high school? How do you expect to make it in the real world of politics. Just buck up and find other opportunities

Answer 4

Two events not listed in the question (or discussed in the answers given) were also very important:

Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. His personal strength--and great athletic ability--allowed him to overcome the threats against him and his family.

Truman's decision to integrate the Armed Forces in on July 26, 1948. This was a bold action by Truman, and he received a great deal of criticism for doing so.

These two actions helped get the integration movement rolling on the national stage. After that, MLK's adroit use of television to make sure that Americans living outside of the South were aware of the conditions under Jim Crow helped forward the movement. MLK wanted there to be violent reaction to his peaceful protests, knowing that those outside of the South would be shocked into action (or at least sympathetic to change).

Answer 5

Black individuals...it has to be, because without people like Rosa Parks...who were brave enough to stand up in the first place then none of the other things could ever have happened...she and people like Martin Luther King were the catalysts in the great uprising against racism.

Answer 6

When Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights legislation he used several pens. The first he gave to Hubert Humphrey who had taken over from Eleanor Roosevelt as the long time leader of the white supporters of civil rights. The second he gave to the Republican leader of the Senate who delivered the votes Johnson needed to defeat his own party's Southern Democrats. The third he gave to Robert Kennedy, a singularly gracious act, since he had no time for the Kennedy Clan who he considered (rightly) to be hoodlums, but whose backing for civil rights had been crucial. The fourth pen he gave to Martin Luther King. I think that about sums up where the crucial influence lay.

Answer 7

Media. Speaing as a Southerner, I don't believe that segregation would have ended of its own accord without outside pressure. The pressure came from media coverage in areas outside the South. Those people hen began helping campaign for an end to segregation, which led to federal laws, which trumped the states' Jim Crow. Without the outside pressure things would have stayed the same.

All we want is to be left alone.

Answer 8

martin luther king's manipulation of the media, meaning people were supporting blacks for the first time

events: brown vs topeka court case, the little rock high school in arkansas, and the bus boycott started by Rosa Parks (which got MLK involved for the first time as well)

Answer 9

The involvement of the federal government was crucial to the end of segregation. Whether it was the Brown v. Board decision or the use of the National Guard by LBJ to protect blacks enrolling in school, the government finally paved the way for successful desegregation.

Answer 10

I think everything you mention helped eradicated segregation. It was a joint effort on everybody's part whether that was CORE, MLK, regular people like Rosa Parks or the media sheding light on the situation. Many more people became aware because of these people and organizations.