The Great Migration/Racism
The Great Migration is a term used in U.S. history to denote the period in the 20th Century. The Great Migration was caused due to segregation laws, and to find an escape from racism and prejudice in the South. An opportunity to acquire jobs in the industrial cities. The Great Migration was a massive movement of millions of African Americans from the South to the North, expecting a better life. The Great Migration was the relocation of 6 million African Americans to the North. African Americans were viewed as minorities because of their skin color. The segregation laws and racism allowed white Americans to treat them as if they were less. After the 13th amendment was put in place to abolish slavery, the White …show more content…
After World war I labor was needed in the North. The Africans went in search to find jobs in the industrial cities and a safe environment for their families. The arrival of African Americans changed the industrial world when Black Americans were brought into manufacturing industries. This left the White Americans without employment, which created more tension between the whites and blacks, believing it was the minorities fault for the unemployment of White Americans. Work life for them was difficult but definitely better conditions in the North. Although wages weren’t the best they definitely made more than in the South, Africans were paid $25 for a forty hour week …show more content…
“The Harlem Renaissance was the movement of the 1920s centered in Harlem, that celebrated black traditions, the black voice, and black ways of life” (“Black Renaissance”). African Americans wanted to preserve their culture and they expressed it through the Harlem Renaissance. The neighborhood of Harlem was a upper class white neighborhood in the 1800s but as time rapidly escalated, Harlem was left to dust but was quickly filled when Africans migrated during the Great Migration. They filled Harlem with their arts, music, literacy, and their culture. For the first time African American culture was absorbed into mainstream and crossed racial lines creating a lasting legacy (Harlem
The Great Migration is a term used in U.S. history to denote the period in the 20th Century. The Great Migration was caused due to segregation laws, and to find an escape from racism and prejudice in the South. An opportunity to acquire jobs in the industrial cities. The Great Migration was a massive movement of millions of African Americans from the South to the North, expecting a better life. The Great Migration was the relocation of 6 million African Americans to the North. African Americans were viewed as minorities because of their skin color. The segregation laws and racism allowed white Americans to treat them as if they were less. After the 13th amendment was put in place to abolish slavery, the White …show more content…
After World war I labor was needed in the North. The Africans went in search to find jobs in the industrial cities and a safe environment for their families. The arrival of African Americans changed the industrial world when Black Americans were brought into manufacturing industries. This left the White Americans without employment, which created more tension between the whites and blacks, believing it was the minorities fault for the unemployment of White Americans. Work life for them was difficult but definitely better conditions in the North. Although wages weren’t the best they definitely made more than in the South, Africans were paid $25 for a forty hour week …show more content…
“The Harlem Renaissance was the movement of the 1920s centered in Harlem, that celebrated black traditions, the black voice, and black ways of life” (“Black Renaissance”). African Americans wanted to preserve their culture and they expressed it through the Harlem Renaissance. The neighborhood of Harlem was a upper class white neighborhood in the 1800s but as time rapidly escalated, Harlem was left to dust but was quickly filled when Africans migrated during the Great Migration. They filled Harlem with their arts, music, literacy, and their culture. For the first time African American culture was absorbed into mainstream and crossed racial lines creating a lasting legacy (Harlem