African Americans During the Post World War II Era

1808 Words4 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: The social impact of the Second World War on minorities in America

This time in the post World War II era, many African Americans had began to become a more urbanized center of population, around 1970. (Inmotionaame, pg. 1) The regular population included about 70 percent of just the natural population to live in more urbanized cities. (Inmotionaame, pg. 1) Soon African Americans dominated, having 80 percent of their community to live and take the same benefits in more urbanized centers of the Unites States. (Inmotionaame, pg. 2) Only about 53 percent of African Americans and others who seemed to migrate stayed in the same area around the South. (Inmotionaame, pg. 2) 1.5 million African Americans left Southern areas for Northern cities from 1910 to 1940. (Memory.loc.gov, pg. 1) Then from 1940 to 1950 another 1.5 million African Americans left the South, and moved to Northern cities. (Memory.loc.gov, pg. 1) Soon after by 1970 there were more than 5 million African Americans in the North. (Inmotionaame, pg. 2) The global structure and states being of the United States underwent a huge geographical change, but what was surprisingly significant during this time after the end of World War II, was their change in destination. (Memory.loc.gov, pg. 2) Every 1 in 7 Southerner went from going South to North, from South to North or Western states, immediately afterwards. (Faculty.washington.edu, pg. 1) A great amount, over half a million African Americans left the two Carolina’s- North Carolina, and South Carolina, and Georgia in the post World War II time period and decade. (Wisconsinhistory.org, pg. 1) California got to experience so much, almost all of the great impact they had with this migration, since many settled in California and nearby states such as Los Angeles and San Francisco. (Inmotionaame,... ... middle of paper ... ...the Southern state areas. Also not only was it African Americans migrating, but also urban consumers of the United States, or people known as low-class or low-waged. There were also many people who were affected by this mass migration patterns. (Faculty.washington.edu, pg. 5) It was so abrupt that the government no longer needed physical labor to work the sugar and cotton fields, so more and more technological innovations to support this change, such as tractors and the at the moment famous new cotton picker was what lead the United States into a new tremendous point in history, the Great Depression. (Inmotionaame, pg. 3) Overall there were many migration patterns of African Americans throughout the United States after the post World War II time period. This catastrophic engagement resulted in many new and significantly impactful ways of living to so many people.

Show More
Related

  • Summary: All That Jazz

    551 Words  | 2 Pages

    The influx of immigrants from the 1920s, as well as the Great Migration, has left an indelible imprint on American culture. African Americans have made great strides in the past century and have contributed much to the American way of life. Slowly, the black community began to see opportunities opening to them. To this day, America is still seen as the land of opportunity and hope for immigrants all over the

    Read More

  • American Homefront During World War II

    1124 Words  | 3 Pages

    During the 1940's, millions of African-Americans moved from the South to the North in search of industrial opportunities. As a result of this migration, a third of all black Americans lived outside the south by 1950.... ... middle of paper ... ... While the war changed the lives of every American, the most notable changes were in demographics, the labor force, economic prosperity and cultural trends.

    Read More

  • American Minorities during World War II

    1439 Words  | 3 Pages

    During the time of World War II, there was a dramatic change in the society of America and its way of life. Men were needed at war and the women were left at home. People were mistrusted and were falsely accused of something they didn’t do. Some people were even pushed away because they were different. These people were the minorities of America. Some of the minorities it affected the most were the African Americans, women, Japanese Americans, and even young adults. What is a minority? A minority, in this case, is a person or group of people who are discriminated against because there is something about them that makes them different. Some of these reasons why they are different are things like race, gender, and even age. However, the real question is how were the roles of American minorities change after World War II?

    Read More

  • Was World War II A Turning Point For African Americans?

    1141 Words  | 3 Pages

    Those studying the experience of African Americans in World War II consistently ask one central question: “Was World War II a turning point for African Americans?” In elaboration, does World War II symbolize a prolongation of policies of segregation and discrimination both on the home front and the war front, or does it represent the start of the Civil Rights Movement that brought racial equality? The data points to the war experience being a transition leading to the civil rights upheavals of the 1960s.

    Read More

  • The Great Migration, Jim Crow Laws and Discrimination Against African Americans

    1166 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Great Migration period during the age of Jim Crow was a time of major movement of African Americans within the United States. Between the years 1910 to 1930 a huge population increase occurred within African American society that ultimately caused the beginning stages of the Great Migration. As a result, this population increase of blacks influenced them to seek for better opportunities in work, land, and safety for their families. Outside of those reasons, one major factor that forced African Americans to migrate was the influence of Jim Crow laws and practices. Jim Crow was still present during this period and caused colored individuals to seek for more habitable areas outside the South.

    Read More

  • Black Status: Post Civil War America

    1111 Words  | 3 Pages

    Black Status: Post Civil War America. After the emancipation of slaves in 1862, the status of African-Americans in post-civil war America up until the beginning of the twentieth century did not go through a great deal of change. Much legislation was passed to help blacks during this period. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 prohibited segregation in public facilities and various government amendments gave African-Americans even more guaranteed rights.

    Read More

  • Creative Movement, Harlem Renaissance, Helped Black People Express Themselves

    1162 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Great Migration was the movement of more than 6 million African Americans from the South to Northeastern, Midwestern, and Western cities. Before it began, 90 percent of all African Americans were living in the South. By the end, nearly half of them were living in cities of the North and West. (Wilkerson). During this time, the Southern economy was suffering greatly. Wages were low, jobs were few and pests called bull weevils could destroy entire cotton crops. (Liccone 3). After the passing of the 13th Amendment, freed slaves were allowed to leave their plantations and start a new life. However, leaving their plantation could result in angry whites hurting or killing them, so most were convinced to stay with their fo...

    Read More

  • Freedom for Blacks After the Civil War

    802 Words  | 2 Pages

    From 1878 to 1880, there was a massive exodus of blacks from southern states to Kansas; the...

    Read More

  • The Great Migration

    865 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Great Migration was the movement of two million blacks out of the Southern United States to the Midwest, Northeast and West between 1910 and 1940. In 1900, about ninety percent of African Americans resided in formed slave holding states in the South. Beginning in 1910, the African American population increased by nearly twenty percent in Northern states, mostly in the biggest cities such as Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Cleveland. African Americans left the rural south because they believed they could escape the discrimination and racial segregation of Jim Crow laws by seeking refuge in the North. Some examples of Jim Crow laws include the segregation of public schools, public places and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants and drinking fountains for whites and blacks (“The History of Jim Crow). In addition, economic depression due to the boll weevil infestation of Southern cotton fields in the late 1910s and the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 forced many sharecroppers to look for other emplo...

    Read More

  • Script: The Second Great Migration

    588 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Second Great Migration began and lasted during and after WW2. African Americans still traveled to cities but for more harsh and difficult reasons. In the Second Great Migration 5 million more African americans traveled to California compared to other major cities.

    Read More

  • African Americans In Post-Civil War

    381 Words  | 1 Pages

    In post-Civil War South racism was the primal factor that made most African Americans unable to own land or run their own businesses. This racism led to other factors which prevented African Americans from obtaining their own land or business. Opportunities came few and far between and even when one presented itself it did not enable African Americans to become successful. A quote from Mandle states, “The limited success in gaining access to land in the plantation belt was obviously the consequence of both discriminatory practices in the sale of land and the inability of blacks to raise the funds necessary to purchase valuable black property.”

    Read More

  • Slave Migration Essay

    1303 Words  | 3 Pages

    The typical African-American experience with migration is seen through my family’s migration experience. Their experience was typical, reflected in most freed slave’s stories. This story starts off with a freed slave; this was due to the Emancipation Proclamation. “During the Civil War in 1863, a huge step was made in the favor of enslaved African-Americans. The President at the time, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in the southern states at war with the North. The Emancipation Proclamation was so important because it gave enslaved black people the chance to leave their owners, move north, and finds jobs or start new lives with their families.” (Boundless)

    Read More

  • Why Did African American Migration Happen

    625 Words  | 2 Pages

    6 million African Americans migrated towards the northern part of America from the south because they didn’t like the segregation laws which were also known as Jim Crow. Another reason for leaving the South was because they were unhappy with the economic opportunities they were given. During the time of the migration, World War II was started and many industrial workers were needed. Many cities in the South saw that their population of blacks had increased significantly. The large population of blacks, meant that they had to fight for working opportunities and living conditions were becoming more harsh.

    Read More

  • The New Negro Movement And The Harlem Renaissance

    969 Words  | 2 Pages

    After the Civil War ended and slavery was abolished, African Americans were hopeful for the new opportunities that they believed would arise from their newly prescribed freedom. However, lingering prejudices persisted throughout the aftermath of the war. The African Americans included formerly enslaved blacks in the South, many of whom relocated to larger population centers in the North. They sought to reconstruct America into a nation of equal opportunity where they would not be considered inferior due to the color of their skin and be treated with respect.

    Read More

  • Causes Of The Great Migration

    696 Words  | 2 Pages

    During the time period of 1910 to 1970, the Great Migration had occurred. Over six million African Americans had left the South to escape the poor economic opportunities and social segregation and moved to the cities of the North, Midwest, and West. They were trying to escape racism and Jim Crow laws that were placed in the South. The causes leading to the migration were decreasing of cotton prices, the lack of immigrant workers in the North, increased manufacturing as a result

    Read More

More about African Americans During the Post World War II Era

Open Document