Title: The Impact of the Cold War on the Civil Rights Movement | UNIV200
Headings: The Impact of the Cold War on the Civil Rights Movement
The Impact of the Cold War on the Civil Rights Movement
Content: This step taken by the U.S showed the world that the U.S indeed was a super power and was capable of handling its domestic issues. One might argue that the political tension between the Soviet Union and the U.S might have negatively impacted the Civil Rights Movement as both the countries competed to become the most powerful country in the world, the Civil Rights movement came in the way of the U.S hence the U.S try to stop or repress the movement. But by doing so the U.S was hindering its own reputation as the protest grew more and more visible with “sit-ins, freedom rides, marches, or other forms of protest, was documented by American media, and widely broadcasted around the world” (Friesel 169). When all these news of protests surfaced in the media, the U.S government could not silence them as it had freedom of speech and any action taken by the government against these protestors would count against them as we all know the U.S was a democratic nation and stood for freedom. So the protests grew even more and was covered by the media more often and broadcasted across the world strengthening the movement. The U.S was criticized for not providing equal right for all of its citizen while ironically fighting for equal rights of people in the third world country against the Soviet Union. During cold war, the U.S and the Soviet Union were indirectly involved in many regional wars in third world countries such as Korea and Vietnam. The U.S supported the liberal side where as the Soviet Union supported the communist side in the war. The U.S portrayed itself as exemplar of democratic freedom and the Soviet Union as evil and not right for those countries. While doing such, the U.S faced a major problem: