Postwar American Society: Changes in Labor and Society

With the end of the war on September 2, 1945 when Japan surrender to the United States, after the dropping of the atomic bombs, “postwar American society” saw many changes in labor and social status. These changes in America society were not a direct result of the war but rather these changes during the war were a catalyst for coming changes in American society. The advent of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) helped blacks along the way to equality but true equality would not start to come until Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights movement. Other catalysts started during and after World War II were women’s branches in armed services and bringing Mexicans to America to assume roles in agriculture.
Mexicans after the end of WWII were forced to move to major urban centers like Los Angeles and San Antonio because the men returning from overseas wanted to return to their previous jobs. The Mexicans stereotyped by their zoot suits were subject to violent riots in Los Ang...