Fourteenth Amendment). Despite how succinct this law is, for some reason it wasn't followed in the South. When several white southerners jump a single Negro, the Negro takes the fall. These types of events happened all too often. Events which clearly went against everything written in the Fourteenth Amendment. "...;nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws"(Source 1, Fourteenth Amendment). This excerpt alone should of given blacks equal treatment. The second argument is supported by what was called the era of inequality, wherethere were many groups which set out to create an equal society. Most of these groupswere minority groups. They all felt that racial discrimination must be eliminated from allforms of society. The American Veterans Committee (AVC) is a nationwide organizationof veterans who fought in both of the World Wars, and the Korean war. There, theyfought a similar battle against discrimination based upon race. "We believe that thesegregation here involved is of the same cloth as the racism against which we fought inWorld War II, and that its continuance is detrimental to our national welfare, both at homeand abroad"(Source 2, AVC). It seems quite stupid that our government would send usto aid in freedom fights in other countries, but would have no part in creating an equalsociety in the US Another organization which aided in the battle against racism was theAmerican Federation of Teachers. Who, for the most part, were fighting for the samecause as the (AVC), saw another aspect of racism. There goal was to eliminate thesegregation of schools and other educational facilities. They felt that segregation "is adenial of the highest ends of education, both dominant and minority groups. In anatmosphere of inequality, it is no more feasible to teach the principles of our Americanway to the white children than to the Negroes"(Source 2, American Federation ofTeachers). The mos...
