Great Migration 1910 1960 Background From 1910 1960
Great Migration 1910 -1960
Background ● From 1910 -1960 6 million African-Americans moved from the rural South ◦ 1910 -1930 1. 6 million to industrial cities ● Largely done in search of jobs and equal opportunity
● Influx of labor to cities ◦ Not everyone found work ● Created the first large urban black communities ● Even in cities, African. Americans encountered discrimination ◦ Housing shortages created projects Effects
Harlem Renaissance ● Cultural movement paired with the Great Migration ◦ Harlem had the largest artistic movement ● Fought against the ideas of “blackface” and African. American inferiority ● Combined art, music, dance, and literature ● Paired with desire for civil rights
Blood Red Summer 1919
National Stage ● WWI had ended and troops were coming home ◦ Had fought together ◦ had fought for democracy abroad ● Some viewed African-American demand for equality a danger to the republic
Overview ● 38 total riots between summer and autumn of 1919 ● First time African. Americans resisted white attacks = riot ● Not only street attacks, but also on businesses and homes
● Chicago had the largest amount of violence ◦ July 27 – Aug 3 ◦ 17 whites and 23 blacks died ◦ 1000 black homes burned
● Date Place ● May 10 Charleston, South Carolina ● July 21 Norfolk, Virginia ● May 10 Sylvester, Georgia ● July 23 New Orleans, Louisiana ● May 29 Putnam County, Georgia ● July 23 Darby, Pennsylvania ● May 31 Monticello, Mississippi ● July 26 Hobson City, Alabama ● June 13 New London, Connecticut ● July 27 Chicago, Illinois ● June 13 Memphis, Tennessee ● July 28 Newberry, South Carolina ● June 27 Annapolis, Maryland ● July 31 Bloomington, Illinois ● June 27 Macon, Mississippi ● July 31 Syracuse, New York ● July 3 Bisbee, Arizona ● July 31 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ● July 5 Scranton, Pennsylvania ● August 4 Hattiesburg, Mississippi ● July 6 Dublin, Georgia ● August 6 Texarkana, Texas ● July 7 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ● August 21 New York City, New York ● July 8 Coatesville, Pennsylvania ● August 29 Ocmulgee, Georgia ● July 9 Tuscaloosa, Alabama ● August 30 Knoxville, Tennessee ● July 10[26] ● September 28 Omaha, Nebraska ● July 11 Baltimore, Maryland ● October 1 Elaine, Arkansas ● July 15 ● Date Place ● July 19 Longview, Texas Port Arthur, Texas Washington, D. C.
Response ● A large amount of media coverage ● Little was done at a federal level except place blame of black leaders for not handling the violence
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