Equality Test In The 1960 S, The Social Movement And Democratic Administration

In the1960s, American society had been in a period of great changes when theinternational situation was complicated, and domestic social movements took placeone after another: the first was the civil rights movement of the black people. With theawakening of racial consciousness, they had burst out a non-violent movement to seekequality under the lead of black elites; the second was the younger generation whohad launched a campaign in pursuit of freedom, equality and human rights in thesevere social contradiction, which exerted great impact on traditional values; the thirdone was the women’s demands on “gender equality” which had promoted furtherdevelopment of “civil rights movement”. The successive social movements not onlyposed tremendous pressure on American government, but also had a profoundinfluence on American society in the aspects of ideology, public opinion andpsychology.Under severe circumstances, the Democratic administration took a positiveattitude to deal with issues on public equality. During the Kennedy period, the civilrights policy opened a new era for black people. The succeeded civil rights policy and“great society” plan carried out by President Johnson also reflected the Democraticadministration’s determination to protect people’s equal rights.“The civil rights act of1964” was an important measure to ensure equal rights, and at the same time, showedthe Democratic administration’s ability to handle social issues and adhere to thepractice of their party’s purpose “freedom, equality and progress”.The1960s witnessed the most intense struggle for equity in American history.With the push of social movements and the pull of the government, the equality issuein America came to a turning point. Since then, the United States of America hasentered a new stage of equity in education, employment and other fields that promotethe society to be more mature.