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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE 1950'S
BY GRAYSON JONES
Photo by
ROSS HONG KONG
2.
SEPERATE BUT EQUAL
Segregation policies still existed in the United States in the 1950's
Separate But Equal doctrine had been the law since the 1890's
Separate bathrooms, schools, restrauntes, hotels, and water fountains
Photo by
pam's pics-
3.
AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES
Churches united the African American community
Churches became meeting places to end discrimination
Clergymen, leaders, and social activists met
They're goal was to plan demonstrations, boycotts, and other events
Photo by
Lincolnian (Brian)
4.
DISCRIMINATION AND TERRITORY
Legal in many places in the South
African Americans lived in Chicago, New York, Detroit, Cleveland, etc.
Hoped to escape poverty and secure better jobs
Harlem was the typical black urban ghetto located in New York
Living conditions were very poor
Photo by
FlickrJunkie
5.
HISTORICAL STATISTICS
Infant mortality was 3 times higher than in white communities
50% of African Americans in New York made less than 4,000 a year
80% of whites made more income than African Americans
Blacks rarely made half as a white man or woman.
Photo by
Jason Pier in DC
6.
POST WORLD WAR 2
African Americans in the north benefited from postwar prosperity
They tried to leave the ghettoes
Bank companies would only issue loans to blacks to live in a black neighborhood
Whites wouldn't sell their homes to African Americans
Blacks would "invade"white neighborhoods
Photo by
rikdom
Grayson Jones
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