The Migration North: Segregation In The United States
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The Migration North
In the beginning of the 20th century most African-Americans commonly found themselves living in the rural South, and the majority still doing so in the 1940s.
The accumulation of southern blacks did not help advance their economic situation nor did a lot of African-Americans get the benefit from the industrialization and urbanization happening in the rest of the country.
Prior to the Civil War, several blacks were still staying in the same areas where they previously had been kept as slaves.
Southern African-Americans were unfortunately regularly treated like outcasts especially by businesses and government institutions. Many experienced different forms of injustices and harsh racial discriminations. Still, …show more content…
despite tough social and economical living condition, a modest middle class slowly advanced for the African-Americans.
Supporting this growth was a series of events taking place during Word War I. The war hindered European immigrants from coming to the U.S., which led to lack of labor force, and resulted in a migration wave of African-Americans northbound.
In addition, the stream of North-immigrating blacks continued during the Second World War and kept going in large numbers years thereafter.
By the 1960s only 60 percent of African-Americans were left living in the South.
An increasingly number of blacks moving from agricultural work to factory work resulted in a higher income, which meant more power as consumers, voters and black educational fulfillment.
African-Americans felt they had contributed in the war and demanded it was time to be treated accordingly by society.
The Nations distinct racist policies were being forcefully campaigned by black leaders and white liberal politicians amongst others. This resulted in integration in the military forces and eventually also in colleges, universities and professional sports.
Although these developments were ones in a favorable direction, many barriers still remained for African-Americans a decade after the Second World War.
Civil Rights Era
New, and long longed for changes were continually taking place within the legal system.
In 1954 state-sponsored segregation schools were no longer in accordance with the political constitution and simultaneously the civil rights movement was getting attention of white Americans.
A series of civil rights groups, together with the national civil rights organization, SCLC, were founded and slowly gained more victories in the fight against racial discrimination. The achievement of civil rights groups, individual blacks and supporting whites fighting as one, together with the powerful media coverage, contributed to a huge shift in the public opinions.
By the year 1963, eight out of ten people was reported saying that they preferred equality in the workplace. This was double the amount of people favoring equality almost twenty years ago.
The campaign for blacks equality led to the Civil Rights Acts of 1964. This prohibited discrimination on the basis of race. The Voting Rights Acts was passed the year after to prohibit unfair southern tactics making it particularly difficult for African-Americans to vote. Although these laws did not end discrimination alone, they reflected a promise from the federal government to try to right a
wrong.
The Migration North
In the beginning of the 20th century most African-Americans commonly found themselves living in the rural South, and the majority still doing so in the 1940s.
The accumulation of southern blacks did not help advance their economic situation nor did a lot of African-Americans get the benefit from the industrialization and urbanization happening in the rest of the country.
Prior to the Civil War, several blacks were still staying in the same areas where they previously had been kept as slaves.
Southern African-Americans were unfortunately regularly treated like outcasts especially by businesses and government institutions. Many experienced different forms of injustices and harsh racial discriminations. Still, …show more content…
despite tough social and economical living condition, a modest middle class slowly advanced for the African-Americans.
Supporting this growth was a series of events taking place during Word War I. The war hindered European immigrants from coming to the U.S., which led to lack of labor force, and resulted in a migration wave of African-Americans northbound.
In addition, the stream of North-immigrating blacks continued during the Second World War and kept going in large numbers years thereafter.
By the 1960s only 60 percent of African-Americans were left living in the South.
An increasingly number of blacks moving from agricultural work to factory work resulted in a higher income, which meant more power as consumers, voters and black educational fulfillment.
African-Americans felt they had contributed in the war and demanded it was time to be treated accordingly by society.
The Nations distinct racist policies were being forcefully campaigned by black leaders and white liberal politicians amongst others. This resulted in integration in the military forces and eventually also in colleges, universities and professional sports.
Although these developments were ones in a favorable direction, many barriers still remained for African-Americans a decade after the Second World War.
Civil Rights Era
New, and long longed for changes were continually taking place within the legal system.
In 1954 state-sponsored segregation schools were no longer in accordance with the political constitution and simultaneously the civil rights movement was getting attention of white Americans.
A series of civil rights groups, together with the national civil rights organization, SCLC, were founded and slowly gained more victories in the fight against racial discrimination. The achievement of civil rights groups, individual blacks and supporting whites fighting as one, together with the powerful media coverage, contributed to a huge shift in the public opinions.
By the year 1963, eight out of ten people was reported saying that they preferred equality in the workplace. This was double the amount of people favoring equality almost twenty years ago.
The campaign for blacks equality led to the Civil Rights Acts of 1964. This prohibited discrimination on the basis of race. The Voting Rights Acts was passed the year after to prohibit unfair southern tactics making it particularly difficult for African-Americans to vote. Although these laws did not end discrimination alone, they reflected a promise from the federal government to try to right a
wrong.