The 20th Century was responsible for tremendous changes in political policies to address socioeconomic problems. When the economy began to collapse attention shifted from social justice reform, and economic concerns dominated the larger political agenda.
During the 1960 Presidential Campaign John F. Kennedy pitched his concept of a "new frontier”. He was on a crusade in the foundation of the past with a commitment to elicit renewal and change for a brighter future. President Kennedy's vision of a new frontier personified a country famished for a new generation of leadership that would bring new opportunities for economic expansion and social development.
Kennedy's time in office was semantically linguistic in communist state logic that …show more content…
Most recognize this contradiction but view the notion of state aid for women to care for children as insupportable. But a group of poor women in the mid-1960’s made just this claim, and for a time they succeeded in challenging a welfare state strongly hostile to the rights of single mothers (Kornbluh, 2007).
The group majority were African American women. They directly challenged the welfare regulations, crossing into racial lines and protested for greater assistance and control. The civil Rights movement was on the brink but at what costs? In Birmingham when Martin Luther King Jr. and others protested they lead a peaceful desegregation demonstration and got treated brutally!
President Kennedy was a supporter of the call for change but had reservations in the “fight” to make a difference. President Kennedy told reporters what happened in Birmingham made him sick. Kennedy held the belief that the public display of desegregation protests would enrage the white people making it harder to pass civil rights laws. However it had to be addressed so Kennedy urged Americans to denounce racism in his civil rights proposal as it was simply morally …show more content…
It provided federal grants to state education agencies to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education the head start Program still thriving today and creates educational opportunity, which is no small victory.
The Voting Rights Act was also signed by Johnson in 65’ and aimed to overcome legal confines that restricted African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment. It brought true democracy to the constitution for the first time and made the government accountable for its black citizens. In 1968 the Fair Housing Act introduced meaningful federal enforcement as well to end residential segregation. The Fair Housing Act outlawed refusal to sell or rent a residence to any person based on race, religion, sex, or national origin.
For liberals this error magnetized desperately needed diligence of America's injustices and started America down the path toward greater fairness and equality for all people. The 1960’s was a decade that changed the nation. By the turn of the decade, in the early 1970’s, the “war” on poverty was under scrutiny and the overall strategy was being incredibly chastised. “Critics on the right saw poor people being coddled, and critics on the left saw the strategy as ‘blaming the victim’ for the intolerable living conditions in which the poor found themselves”
During the 1960 Presidential Campaign John F. Kennedy pitched his concept of a "new frontier”. He was on a crusade in the foundation of the past with a commitment to elicit renewal and change for a brighter future. President Kennedy's vision of a new frontier personified a country famished for a new generation of leadership that would bring new opportunities for economic expansion and social development.
Kennedy's time in office was semantically linguistic in communist state logic that …show more content…
Most recognize this contradiction but view the notion of state aid for women to care for children as insupportable. But a group of poor women in the mid-1960’s made just this claim, and for a time they succeeded in challenging a welfare state strongly hostile to the rights of single mothers (Kornbluh, 2007).
The group majority were African American women. They directly challenged the welfare regulations, crossing into racial lines and protested for greater assistance and control. The civil Rights movement was on the brink but at what costs? In Birmingham when Martin Luther King Jr. and others protested they lead a peaceful desegregation demonstration and got treated brutally!
President Kennedy was a supporter of the call for change but had reservations in the “fight” to make a difference. President Kennedy told reporters what happened in Birmingham made him sick. Kennedy held the belief that the public display of desegregation protests would enrage the white people making it harder to pass civil rights laws. However it had to be addressed so Kennedy urged Americans to denounce racism in his civil rights proposal as it was simply morally …show more content…
It provided federal grants to state education agencies to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education the head start Program still thriving today and creates educational opportunity, which is no small victory.
The Voting Rights Act was also signed by Johnson in 65’ and aimed to overcome legal confines that restricted African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment. It brought true democracy to the constitution for the first time and made the government accountable for its black citizens. In 1968 the Fair Housing Act introduced meaningful federal enforcement as well to end residential segregation. The Fair Housing Act outlawed refusal to sell or rent a residence to any person based on race, religion, sex, or national origin.
For liberals this error magnetized desperately needed diligence of America's injustices and started America down the path toward greater fairness and equality for all people. The 1960’s was a decade that changed the nation. By the turn of the decade, in the early 1970’s, the “war” on poverty was under scrutiny and the overall strategy was being incredibly chastised. “Critics on the right saw poor people being coddled, and critics on the left saw the strategy as ‘blaming the victim’ for the intolerable living conditions in which the poor found themselves”