Bibliograph

Civil rights on Long Island, Christopher Verga on behalf of the African American Museum of Nassau County

Type

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Civil rights on Long Island, Christopher Verga on behalf of the African American Museum of Nassau County

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Civil rights on Long Island

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Christopher Verga on behalf of the African American Museum of Nassau County

Series statement

Images of America

Summary

Long Island has been in the corridors of almost all major turning points of American history, but Long Island has been overlooked as a battleground of the civil rights movement. Since early colonization by the English settlers in the 17th century, the shadow of slavery has bequeathed a racial caste system that has directly or indirectly been enforced. During World War II, every member of society was asked to participate in ending tyranny within European and Asian borders. Homeward-bound black soldiers expected a societal change in race relations; instead they found the same racial barriers they experienced prior to the war. They were refused homes in developments such as Levittown, denied mortgages, and had their children face limited educational opportunities. Collective efforts from organizations such as Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) employed civil disobedience as a tactic to fracture racial barriers

Target audience

adult

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