White Political Power and the Civil Rights Act of 1964

James Baldwin wrote in 1963, "The United States of all Western countries is best able to prove the waste and oldness of the concept of color, but that does not dare to accept this opportunity. The vision of James Baldwin He is not called a "boys", it is possible to enter the restaurant and walk the streets of the city. This concept should have been achieved by the 1964 Civil Rights Act, but not through the eyes of many African Americans.

In the mid-1960s, the civil rights and civil rights bill of 1964 became an important political issue, and black power movement also appeared. By 1963, Bob Dylan and Joan Bates attracted attention in the civil rights movement. Dylan's songs such as "blown by the wind" and "era of Chang'an" became anti-war songs. And civil rights movement. Due to the rise of black power movement, musicians such as Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin became the leading role. Although their music reflects the fight between civil rights and the black power movement, Aretha Franklin is singing feminism just like a feminist version of 'Respect' songs.

By the passage of the Civil Rights Movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (both signed by Democratic Party Lindon Johnson), conservative Republicans seized the political opportunity to grasp it. Republicans have taken action to attract white people, particularly sullen South Democrats who were unable to confront civil rights and the party that promised perfect African-American citizenship. This is the so-called Southern strategy, which is the second important factor in the recent deprivation formula. Richard Nixon 's strategist was developed by Kevin Phillips, but expressed in the cruel clarity of Lee Atwater who helped guide the Ronald Reagan campaign, that is easy. After civil rights movement, complete racism will no longer be political, but recessive racism can still affect public policy.