African Americans In The Early 1900s

three young African Americans that were inside. The police were stationed at every entrance or exit in the police station in order to protect the young men and to make sure that the crowd outside does not enter the jail or police station. The police chief was not at the police station or jail when the riots were beginning, he was up in Virginia; Minnesota is questioning the African Americans that were at the circus at the time of the supposed rape. The police chief kept checking up on the officers who were at the police station and jail by calling them on the phone, to keep updated on what was happening with the rowdy crowd. The officers that were at the jail were low on supplies of ammunition and other items that would help protect the jail …show more content…
So many things have changed since this book was written and since this tragic lynching occurred. It’s been nearly 95 years since the lynching had occurred and I believe that the change that has occurred has been in a positive direction. In the 1960s the United States went through the Civil Rights Movement that helped the African Americans find more equality in our society along with other races. While racism has gotten much better than it was nearly 100 years ago, I still think there is much improved for racism in the United States and throughout the world. I think that there still may be a lot racism in some parts of United States but it is not longer acceptable to make it known if someone is a racist like, would have been in the past. People can not just go around calling people the “n” word like they used too, now if someone is racist they mainly keep the comments to themselves. Up until about until a few years ago, we did not really hear much about racism, well from what I remember. Ever since the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri I have noticed that racism and the racism that is shown in the media has increased dramatically. Today when someone turns on the news anywhere throughout the United States, it 's all about police officers that abuse their power and injure or kill African Americans. It is not often that the media obsesses about police officers that have been killed. While it is not the exact same event that occurred at Duluth, Minnesota I think that it somewhat resembles some of the parts of the story. One of the main things that is similar is that some areas are predominantly black still today, it is just the way that some of the cities are set up where one race is the majority of the people in that town or neighborhood. While I do not think that