Answer to Question #115923 in History for Meli

Question

How did desegregation and equal rights of the Civil Rights era begin during WW2 and continue once soldiers returned home?

Answer 1

The desegregation and equal rights of the Civil Rights era began when the black veterans comprehended the virtue of American democracy. When the soldiers returned from the field of battle, they hoped that serving the nation valorously would develop equity in citizenship. Nevertheless, the WW2 contributed to racism reform, the issues that the Civil War failed to address for almost a century.