Civil War, Reconstruction And The Great Migration

Throughout the American history, there have been many important events that have marked tremendously the history of the United States of America. Before the civil war, many African Americans were slaves and there was no need to seceding them from society because they already were enslaved. Besides, the institution of slavery was going to have a downturn that helped the African Americans come out of the shadow of oppression imposed by the white men. In this essay, I will talk about the segregation of African American and their integration into society through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Great Migration.
To begin with, Civil War started in 1861 and it ended in 1865 (10 Facts You Should Know About the Civil War, 2017) and it was a war
There were rules that prohibited former slaves from travel without a pass and it was enforced by officers. Also, between 1865 and 1870 (Foner, 2006 p. 37) the black population in the southern largest city increased and the white increased only by ten percent. And in small towns that once were black were excluded as slaves increased tremendously. The Streets of the southern states had many homeless former slaves that did not know where to go or what to do after being enslaved for centuries (Packard, 2017). Furthermore, even though African Americans weren’t slaves anymore, they didn’t have money, properties, foods and even acquaintance to turn to for help. The whites tried to reestablish control of the former slaves by making them work for them for a wage and renting them a portion of their land (Packard, 2003). Furthermore, during this time of the black code laws, the federal government started an agency Freedmen’ bureau that was to help black establish themselves economically but the funds of the organization were too low and barely met the needs of the African Americans (Packard, pg. 40-42,
African Americans were making sacrifices in order to move from the south to the north. The great migration ended in 1970 (Wilkerson, 2016) when the people from the southern communities took down the signs that said whites only (Wilkerson, 2016 p.8). The promises that were made after the civil war that all African Americans would enjoy better opportunities in society(Wilkerson, 2016 pg. 11). Moreover, when blacks were migrating to the north, they had to confront the reality of segregated waiting rooms, buses, and trains in order to get to the north for a better opportunity. Also, during this time a group of African Americans and white civil right activist introduced the Freedom Rides, which were bus trips to the southern states protesting about segregation (History,