How did the American anticommunism beliefs help advance the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s?

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How did the American anticommunism beliefs help advance the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s?

Jacqueline Chung

Mr. Donaldson

AP U.S. History

6 April 2012

Word Count: 1991

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How did the American fight against communism help advance the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s? In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution took place in the USSR. As a result, the Bolsheviks, or known as Communists, implemented their government in the country, creating the Red Scare in the U.S. Americans feared the idea that communism could take over in the U.S., causing paranoia and unconstitutional acts to be passed, like the Espionage Act and Emergency Quota Act. To add to the paranoia, the U.S. established the Bureau of Investigation, or Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), headed by J. Edgar Hoover, its sole purpose to arrest and deport any suspected communists. Hoover's ever-growing list of suspected communists consisted of anarchists, those who threatened the American life, and because segregation was a factor, black citizens. However, in the 1950s, Hoover would face civil rights movement that took place when Martin Luther King became leader for racial equality, with support from