The History Of African-American Migration

The Great Migration was a massive movement of African Americans from the South to the North from 1863 to 1960. The largest spike in this migration occurred from about 1910 to 1920.

The migration of European settlers and culture to North America is an often examined area. One aspect of this, however, is worthy of deeper analysis. The conquest of North America by Europeans and American settlers from the 16th to 19th centuries had a profound effect on the indigenous political landscape by defining a new relationship dynamic between natives and settlers, by upsetting existing native political, economic and military structures, and by establishing a paradigm where the indigenous peoples felt they had to resist the European and American incursions. The engaging and brilliant works of Andres Rensendez and Steve Inskeep, entitled respectively “A Land So Strange” and “Jacksonland”, provide excellent insights and aide to this analysis.

From the 1930s to the 1950s, African Americans were being severely persecuted and ostracized. The Jim Crow Laws allowed for legal segregation and continued control over blacks in the South. Those laws severely restricted the rights of the African American in the southern half of the United States and essentially continued to restrain them even though the United States Constitution forbid it. The North did not have such laws, but blacks still suffered. When African Americans migrated to the North, they were disillusioned by the fact that they were still not equal. The African Americans were instead delivered a subtler form of the discriminatory actions within the South. African Americans struggled for equality everywhere because of white

Springfield 's history is a long and eventful one. Although there was one event that has seemed to haunt the citizens of Springfield for generations upon generations. This event is commonly referred to as the Springfield 1908 race riots. The race riots are remembered as a dark and painful part of springfield’s history.

After the American Revolution, the plantation systems of the south greatly expanded slavery in the United States. The Southern states relied on this slave labor for workers in their fields. This created tension everywhere, politically, economically, and socially. Many felt it was unjust to own a human being and the treatment of these slaves was horrible. These tensions were so strong that it became a major component to the nation-wide crisis, which resulted in the Civil War. Non-slaving holding Americans used forms of anti-slavery agitation to try to persuade slave-holding people to see their side. After the Civil War ended and the abolishment of slavery was put into law, the problem of race was not over. It provided freedom to millions of enslaved Americans and was a major social shift in the United States.

The Great Migration brought about a massive redistribution of the African American population throughout the United States. It transformed black ways of life, art, and institutions, as well as the demographics and cultures of many American cities.

During the first half of the 19th century, there were a variety of issues that caused social and economic differences between the North and the South. Among the variety were the issues of tariffs, immigration and slavery. All of these differences between the two sides just piled on top of one another to form into a huge conflict to fuel the growing crisis that was already brewing between the North and South.

Before the Great Black Migration, the anti-black sentiment was already prevalent in the North. “Initially the residential color line was enforced by white-on-black violence,” (Massey 572) and African Americans would be beaten or shot if they entered a white neighborhood because they were viewed as bad people, due to the stereotype of criminal, rapist, and mentally inferior attached. In order to maintain order in cities, legislatures in different states, such as Baltimore City Council in 1910, institutionalized racial segregation by assigning certain areas to African Americans and leaving the rest to the white majority. (Massey 572) Since the enactment of dividing neighborhoods up to separate the African Americans from whites was not an authoritarian decision but the public opinion, we can now see the deep rooted racism is what caused the stable racially segregated urban

People that lived on the border of the north and south is where families were really fighting each other because brothere thought different so the ended up meeting on the battlefield and possibly killing one another. The war tore families apart. Even after the war families still were not happy with each others choices. While white families were being torn apart black families were using the war to be reunited.

Racial issues started when African Americans were slaves in other countries and America thought it would be good to buy them so they didn’t have to do all the work. So years into slavery, some states in the north banned slavery because they thought it was cruel. So slaves in the south wanted to go to the north, but they didn’t know how to get there because if they just started walking people would see them and take them back to their owners for a reward. This happened until someone found the silk road. This road was used for transporting goods to cities. That is how

The History of Immigration is the topic I have chosen for the New Jersey History Project. As our study of the Colonial Period shows, Dutch, Swedish, and British settlers were some of the earliest foreigners to arrive in New Jersey. They brought with them their culture and beliefs, which had influence over how the colony would eventually develop. Over the years that followed and right up until today, people from all over the world choose to make New Jersey their home, their presents contributing to the state’s rich cultural diversity. A couple of questions I am hoping to answer during my research are, “Why pick New Jersey?”, and “How has immigration impacted the state?”.

During the mass immigration era of America, an abundant number of people traveled to the urban industrial society of the United States in aspiration to seek job opportunities and better lives than the ones they left behind. These groups included the Poles, Italians, Chinese, Mexicans, Japanese, East European Jews, and the African- Americans. However, one of these groups mentioned was distinctly different from the rest: the African-Americans. They were already American citizens, who migrated to the northern American cities to free themselves from segregation, oppression, and harsh conditions they experienced in the South and obtain equal rights and opportunities. Although the African-Americans'

The Puritans from England immigrated to America to avoid religious persecution from England monarch. Also England’s official religion during the persecution was Anglican Church. Then the Puritans settled in Massachusetts in 1620 and America was born afterward. It raised a question about identity of America. Is America a Christian nation or not

The hands of other races formed America. The foundation of this country was based upon racial tension and conflict. This strain continued even after slavery had been abolished. People would lash out at other races in order to make them-selves feel better. Phrases like "hate crimes" were suddenly popping up.

As a contrast, Mosley presents Back-to-Africa movement in a different, serious light. This group is an important organization, whose aim is to help people; it is also tightly connected to the church. During his investigation, Easy 's new lead brings him to the doors of the Back-to-Africa movement, which he is not familiar with. Therefore, he turns again for information to his friend, Jackson Blue, a man who has every answer to every question. Jackson Blue teaches Easy a lesson about Du Bois and “back to Africa” movement, organization called African Migration: “Du Bois is a famous Negro. Almost a hundred years old. He always writin ' 'bout gettin ' back t 'Africa. You probably ain 't never heard 'a him 'cause he 's a com 'unist. They don