The Social Impact of War

By tyrus.dewitt
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    The Social Impact Of War

  • CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

    CORE believed in using nonviolent techniques to end racism. In May 1943, it organized its first sit-in at a restaurant called the Jack Spratt Coffee House. Groups of CORE members, including at least one African American, filled the restaurant's counter and booths. They refused to leave until everyone was served. The sit-in technique ended Jack Spratt's discriminatory policies and quickly spread to CORE groups in other cities.

  • Executive Order 8802

    to prohibit racial discrimination in the national defense industry. It was the first federal action, though not a law, to promote equal opportunity and prohibit employment discrimination in the United States. The executive order was issued in response to pressure from civil rights activists Bayard Rustin, A. Philip Randolph, and A. J. Muste who had planned a march on Washington, D.C. to protest racial discrimination. The march was suspended after Executive Order 8802 was issued.

  • Executive Order 9066

    The order led to the internment of Japanese Americans or AJAs; some 120,000 ethnic Japanese people were held in internment camps for the duration of the war. Of the Japanese interned, 62% were Nisei (American-born children of immigrants from Japan, who were natural born American citizens) or Sansei (children of Nisei, also American citizens) and the rest were Issei (Japanese immigrants, either naturalized citizens or resident aliens).

  • War Relocation Authority

    The government set up the War Relocation Authority to move out everyone of Japanese ancestry—about 110,000 people, both citizens and noncitizens. They would be interned, or confined, in camps in remote areas far from the coast.

  • Zoot Suit Riots

    Young Mexican Americans wore an outfit known as the “zoot suit,” featuring a long draped jacket and baggy pants with tight cuffs. This look offended many people, especially sailors who came to Los Angeles on leave from nearby military bases. Groups of sailors roamed the streets in search of zoot-suiters, whom they beat up and.Early in June 1943, the street fighting grew into full-scale riots. Local newspapers usually blamed Mexican Americans for the violence.