Great Migration DBQ

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During the Great Migration from 1910 to 1930, African Americans experienced many economic changes such as more opportunities and respect in the industrial field. However, they faced even more social continuities like displacement and segregation; therefore their lives were predominantly the same regardless of whether they were in the north or the south. As African Americans diffused across the country, particularly into northern urban cities, they were popularly accepted and recognized as hard working laborers by corporations and the media alike. Some plants, such as the one discussed in document 3, took precautions to “preserve the peace” between races, both for the safety and productivity of colored workers. This practice should have been exercised in more cities, such as Chicago referenced in document 4, since white natives did not take kindly to new black laborers in the workplace, and attacked “the decent, hard-working, law-abiding negroes” through the use of “bombs, or explod[ing] sticks of dynamite on their doorstep”. Though the barrage was one huge leap backward for Illinois, at least national newspapers came to the defense of the victims and recognized the crimes as “heinous”, berating Chicago for not interfering more or sooner. This was not the only instance of national …show more content…
It was seen that while the national government technically supported the furthering of colored opportunities and communities, states and citizens alike used their individual rights and freedoms to undermine federal law and tear them down. This discriminations was evidenced in black codes, as well as businesses using the right to refuse service, employment, and housing to “colored folk”. Overall, though they gained an economic foothold in industry, African Americans could not escape the mistreatment and disconcertion of American society
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