Segregation in the south was terrible. In 1930’s and 40’s Northern cities offered more equality and less segregation for African Americans than cities in the south. White people did not want black people to be successful. Segregation in the south was fought for years. Starting with Rosa Parks when she did not want to get up out her seat for a white man. In these times they had whites and blacks only same for restaurants and waterfoutians. After the war things began to get way worse after slavery for African Americans. North was the best place for African Americans to live. There was less Segregation and less racial slurs. There were racial killing in the Northern than there was in the south. Whites had riots against us they did not like colored
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Northern cities population increased by a lot because blacks were getting treated more fair in the North. In the North African Americans had to sit in the back and had to use different water fountains and restrooms. At first in the very beginning blacks and white did not have to be separated because most African Americans were in slavery. Congress had to say so to prevent discrimination. In this law African Americans were the main attack. But in Mississippi African Americans were able to vote they were getting treated almost like they were supposed to. The North had more heart than the …show more content…
White people were having riots against us. They were burning down building of our and trying to put a stop to anybody that had power at that time. We had people in the North fight to keep are votes and fighting to keep our freedom. It was so much earlier in the North than the south. In the south they would launch us. Our votes were not worth a whole vote. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks attended this school called Highlanders. It was a civil rights movement school they fought for social justice and peace and equality. The KKK attached Highlanders many of times and it's still standing. THe governor and whiteland made the Highlanders shout down in 1961. They made them shout down because they did not like the power Highlanders were starting to gain in the south. Not to long after that Highlanders fought and reopened back
Northern cities population increased by a lot because blacks were getting treated more fair in the North. In the North African Americans had to sit in the back and had to use different water fountains and restrooms. At first in the very beginning blacks and white did not have to be separated because most African Americans were in slavery. Congress had to say so to prevent discrimination. In this law African Americans were the main attack. But in Mississippi African Americans were able to vote they were getting treated almost like they were supposed to. The North had more heart than the …show more content…
White people were having riots against us. They were burning down building of our and trying to put a stop to anybody that had power at that time. We had people in the North fight to keep are votes and fighting to keep our freedom. It was so much earlier in the North than the south. In the south they would launch us. Our votes were not worth a whole vote. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks attended this school called Highlanders. It was a civil rights movement school they fought for social justice and peace and equality. The KKK attached Highlanders many of times and it's still standing. THe governor and whiteland made the Highlanders shout down in 1961. They made them shout down because they did not like the power Highlanders were starting to gain in the south. Not to long after that Highlanders fought and reopened back