During the 1900s, migration played a substantial role in organizing Black communities around the United States. Migration allowed Blacks to demonstrate their discontent with the conditions they were living in beforehand. It also allowed Blacks to indicate what they needed when they settled down in a city that could provide for them. Both primary migration and secondary migration played a part in the creation and organization of Black communities within cities. The organization of Black communities through primary migration can be seen in the Great Migration, and through secondary migration in Philadelphia. The migration of Blacks from the South to the rest of the United States during the Great Migration formed many Black communities throughout
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In one situation, a member of the black middle class, George Grahm moved to a white area, which resulted in a crowd of white people attempting to kill him. However, “friends, family, and other concerned blacks from all classes were out front beating on the attackers” (Hunter, 75). This demonstrates that although Grahm had left the Black Seventh Ward, the Black community was unified against their struggle against racism in the city, with Blacks from all classes helping out Grahm. This instance of secondary migration reveals that the Black community watched out for each other and was concerned for each other’s safety. In 1941, the Black community proved itself to be one united group when the Philadelphia Housing Authority tried to give the Allen Homes to the Defense Housing Administration. In retaliation to this, “Black residents across class and political lines took once again to a writing campaign, targeting President Roosevelt with their calls to action” (Hunter, 107). The swift response of the Black community indicates that when their ability to move out of the blighted area was jeopardized, they could work together in order to achieve their cause.
Primary migration was a key factor in the creation of the many Black communities that there are today. Due to the Southern caste system, Blacks fled to find better lives in the rest of the United States. They found that they faced resistance within the cities they moved to, but they also discovered that together, they could fight against the obstacles in order to obtain what they
In one situation, a member of the black middle class, George Grahm moved to a white area, which resulted in a crowd of white people attempting to kill him. However, “friends, family, and other concerned blacks from all classes were out front beating on the attackers” (Hunter, 75). This demonstrates that although Grahm had left the Black Seventh Ward, the Black community was unified against their struggle against racism in the city, with Blacks from all classes helping out Grahm. This instance of secondary migration reveals that the Black community watched out for each other and was concerned for each other’s safety. In 1941, the Black community proved itself to be one united group when the Philadelphia Housing Authority tried to give the Allen Homes to the Defense Housing Administration. In retaliation to this, “Black residents across class and political lines took once again to a writing campaign, targeting President Roosevelt with their calls to action” (Hunter, 107). The swift response of the Black community indicates that when their ability to move out of the blighted area was jeopardized, they could work together in order to achieve their cause.
Primary migration was a key factor in the creation of the many Black communities that there are today. Due to the Southern caste system, Blacks fled to find better lives in the rest of the United States. They found that they faced resistance within the cities they moved to, but they also discovered that together, they could fight against the obstacles in order to obtain what they