Question

What pressured the Kennedy administration to add the power of the presidency to the civil rights struggle after the events in Birmingham, Alabama?

congressional support for his legislative agenda


television coverage of the violence


Supreme Court orders to protect civil rights


the threat by civil rights leaders to use violence to achieve their aims

Answer 1

Why did African Americans pursue civil rights more vigorously after World War II?

--- Despite service in the military, African Americans returned to find that Jim Crow laws were still in place.

2) Why did blacks begin to expect more civil rights after World War II?

--- Blacks had experienced considerable racial equality in the armed forces.

3) Which civil rights advocate became a Supreme Court justice?

--- Thurgood Marshall (He was the 1st one [So I think this is the answer])

Clarence Thomas (He was the 2nd)

4) How did state legislatures in the South react to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

--- They enacted laws to speed up the process of desegregation in state school districts.

5) How did the Montgomery bus boycott help the African Americans' struggle for civil rights?

--- The boycott showed that civil rights for African Americans could be easily won.

6) What pressured the Kennedy administration to add the power of the presidency to the civil rights struggle after the events in Birmingham, Alabama?

Answer 2

Television coverage of the violence

Step-by-step explanation:

The civil rights struggle that took place during the 1960s was not always a peaceful one. In fact, there was a significant amount of conflict following the events in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. Many of these tensions were shown on TV, such as the use of fire hoses and attack dogs against protesters. The television coverage of the violence pressured the Kennedy adminsitration to react to the events. Kennedy then added the power of the presidency to the civil rights struggle.