How Does Economic Justice Affect The Civil Rights Movement

Economic justice can be seen shaping the civil rights movement through the black popular front, second great migration and poor people campaign. Economic justice can be defined as creating an opportunity for everyone to create a better standard of living. The black popular front was created after the communist party developed a plan to recruit African Americans, whom it viewed as a minority with the right to self- determination and the potential for constituting an all-black- forty-nine state. Many African American came on board with the communist party because of the theories of anticapitalistic social and economic organization. According to Carl Murphy of the Baltimore Afro- American newspaper "the fought the exclusion of colored men from …show more content…
However, getting a job was easy but being treated fairly, paid equitably and given room to advance was another. Many works were faced with not the misconceptions of black's abilities compared to a white person. According to Herbert Ward, white men made racial slurs in the restrooms "to scare you if possible, or to embarrass you such an extent that you wouldn’t want to stay". Many white workers resented the economic gains being made by blacks and felt that they should be kept in their place. The poor people campaign was created by Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968. The poor people campaign aimed to bring 1,500 protesters to Washington D.C, to lobby congress and other government agencies for an Economic bill of rights. The campaign requested $30 billion antipoverty packages that included construction of low- income housing, commitment to full employment and a guaranteed annual income measure. In conclusion, economic justice help shapes the civil rights movement by encouraging blacks to move to an area with a better opportunity, stand up for more social reforms that help poor people and try to find a party that caters to everyone not one set of