Eisenhower was a Republican but would often face conflicts with the “Old Guard” Republicans ,who were the conservative wing in the Party, since he represented the moderate wing of the Party. They didn’t like Eisenhower’s extension and expansion of Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, including Social Security, social welfare and concessions to labor unions due to him embracing a new internationalist perspective in foreign affairs and domestic agenda. And President Eisenhower even sided with the Democrats in the stance against racial segregation. The President’s philosophy’s have been described as “corporate commonwealth” by some historians because he emphasized mutual interdependence of social classes and any economic interests within them. Eisenhower
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They just wanted equality in general. Some of the strategies used by the movement were things such as Court cases, sit-ins, boycotts, non-violent protests, and marches. Court cases like NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization headed by Charles Houston founded in 1909 and their mission was to end segregation through the courts. Thurgood Marshall was doing just that and became symbolic leader of the organization due to him winning 29 of 32 argued cases. Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka which might of been the most significant Supreme Court case argued by Marshall in fight to end segregation. Sit-ins were non-violent protest in which both blacks and whites attempt to desegregate lunch counters by sitting at counters until served and were often faced with humiliation and verbal/physical violence. Boycotts were the intentional refusal to use or pay for something like with the Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man and was arrested it resulted in the desegregation of Montgomery buses after 381
They just wanted equality in general. Some of the strategies used by the movement were things such as Court cases, sit-ins, boycotts, non-violent protests, and marches. Court cases like NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization headed by Charles Houston founded in 1909 and their mission was to end segregation through the courts. Thurgood Marshall was doing just that and became symbolic leader of the organization due to him winning 29 of 32 argued cases. Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka which might of been the most significant Supreme Court case argued by Marshall in fight to end segregation. Sit-ins were non-violent protest in which both blacks and whites attempt to desegregate lunch counters by sitting at counters until served and were often faced with humiliation and verbal/physical violence. Boycotts were the intentional refusal to use or pay for something like with the Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man and was arrested it resulted in the desegregation of Montgomery buses after 381