African Americans During The Twentieth Century
1. What were some of the reasons that African Americans migrated from the South to the North during the first few decades of the twentieth century.
During the first few decades of the twentieth century, many African-Americans migrated to the North because they felt the North would offer better opportunities than the South. After the Civil War and the Emancipation, the South was experiencing an economic depression being that the cotton industry experienced several disasters.
• First, after the war, the price of cotton fell immensely.
• Second, the southern cotton industry was ravished by a tiny insect called a “boll weevil” that came from Texas and slowly worked its way across the south demolishing the cotton crops.
• Lastly, floodwaters …show more content…
Regardless, over one million blacks answered the call of the draft the military service believing that if they sacrificed for the war, the government would reward them their civil rights. (Alvah, 2003) African Americans anxiously and optimistically hoped that their patriotic sacrifices would have a reasonable impact on race relations and widen the confines of their civil rights.
Unfortunately, racial conditions failed to improve significantly after the war, but the attitudes and mindsets of blacks returning from the war had changed. The war gave them determination, self-confidence, and expectations that if they could fight for other countries they could fight for democracy in the United States.
(Alvah, 2003)
The Harlem Renaissance was a social, cultural, and artistic movement that took place throughout most of the 1920s. Who were some of the key people in regards to literature that emerged out of this movement and what effect did the migration of African Americans have on this movement?
With the expansion of communities as a result of the Great Migration of blacks to the North, the foundation of social life changed for African
During the first few decades of the twentieth century, many African-Americans migrated to the North because they felt the North would offer better opportunities than the South. After the Civil War and the Emancipation, the South was experiencing an economic depression being that the cotton industry experienced several disasters.
• First, after the war, the price of cotton fell immensely.
• Second, the southern cotton industry was ravished by a tiny insect called a “boll weevil” that came from Texas and slowly worked its way across the south demolishing the cotton crops.
• Lastly, floodwaters …show more content…
Regardless, over one million blacks answered the call of the draft the military service believing that if they sacrificed for the war, the government would reward them their civil rights. (Alvah, 2003) African Americans anxiously and optimistically hoped that their patriotic sacrifices would have a reasonable impact on race relations and widen the confines of their civil rights.
Unfortunately, racial conditions failed to improve significantly after the war, but the attitudes and mindsets of blacks returning from the war had changed. The war gave them determination, self-confidence, and expectations that if they could fight for other countries they could fight for democracy in the United States.
(Alvah, 2003)
The Harlem Renaissance was a social, cultural, and artistic movement that took place throughout most of the 1920s. Who were some of the key people in regards to literature that emerged out of this movement and what effect did the migration of African Americans have on this movement?
With the expansion of communities as a result of the Great Migration of blacks to the North, the foundation of social life changed for African