Module 9: Race in the 1920s

 Well, in 1917 and 1923 some of the most vicious racial violence in American history. Black workers who

 had been historically confined to the South had begun to move north and to compete with whites for

 factory jobs. The black workers often found jobs as strikebreakers, the only way many could could get

 hired. In addition, animosity flared as black veterans returned from World War 1 insisting on the civil

 rights that they had fought for in Europe. In Tulsa, 40 city blocks were leveled and 23 African America

n churches and a thousand homes and businesses were destroyed. In 1921, Tulsa (about 12 percent black)

 had the Southwest's most prosperous African American business community. A government report said

 that 26 blacks and 10 whites had died, and another 317 were injured. A recent scholarly study concluded

 that black deaths approached 100 and may have been much higher. Another incident of racial violence

 that took place on New Year's Day in 1923, in the tiny black settlement of Rosewood, Florida. In 1920,

there were 12 million black African Americans living in the USA with 75 per cent of them living in the

 south. Racial intolerance affected every aspect of their lives.


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  1. Jaden CallahanApril 18, 2021 at 2:54 PM

    Aahmari, overal,l you provided a good blog. It was short but you mentioned a few key points that were significant to that time. There was a huge shift in the amount of Blacks that moved up North to seek work in areas in factories. It would be great if you discussed working as a strikebreaker in more detail. Blacks had their own struggles with each other, especially those that chose to fight in the war. Tulsa was very significant as the wealth that we built as Blacks was burnt to ashes.

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  2. J. GreenMay 1, 2021 at 6:25 PM

    Hi Aahmari, I think your post hit on the topic in the title. I would have liked to see some of your viewpoints and opinions on the Tulsa Massacre. The violence that occurred during the burning of Black Wall-street was devastating. Why was it so hard for the white people to see the black community thriving in their own town? All in all, this post was good.

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