Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Great Migration




the great migration happened between the year of 1910 to 1970. This is when African American from the southeastern break away from the Black Belt region and start spreading around the united states to escape from racism and seek employment opportunities. 1.4 million african americans moved away from the south during the first Great Migration happened between 1910 to 1940 and and 5 millions relocated during the second Great Migration happened in 1940 to 1970.

Black Belt (U.S. region)




the black belt is a region in the southeastern united states. the reason why it's called black belt region is because, this area is where slaves were brought into the united states. this area has a very high population of African american back in the 19th century but later in the 20th century when world war II happen, many traveled up to north and some moved to west, the population decreased but, there's still a very high percentage.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

White Circle League of America


i think this happened in 1957, some organization in Chicago started a article about how the negroes harassed the american and they tried to recruit 50 million white people to protest and protect the white race.