American Racism in the 1920s
Published on Mar 24, 2016
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American Racism in the 1920s
Zane Finney and Jonathan Ragland
The enemy at home
- the war brings about anti-German sentiment
- this resulted in nationwide violence directed towards german immigrants
The enemy at home
- Anti-German sentiment stoked by German saboteurs in the 1916 bombing of Black Tom island
- To avoid conflict, Germans limit use of language in public
The Black Tom explosion on July 30, 1916, in Jersey City, New Jersey, was an act of sabotage by German agents to destroy American-made munitions that were to be supplied to the Allies in World War I.
postwar racial tension
- minorities take jobs previously held by soldiers, soldiers angered
- Racial tensions rose in the 1920s as blacks began to assert their rights.
Tulsa Race RIOT
- 16 hour assault on black community of Tulsa, OKlahoma
- wealthiest black community in america burned
- sparked nationwide riots
The Tulsa race riot was a large-scale, racially motivated conflict on May 31 and June 1, 1921, in which a group of whites attacked the black community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It resulted in the Greenwood District, also known as 'the Black Wall Street'[1] and the wealthiest black community in the United States, being burned to the ground.
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The original Klan
- The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 by Southerners opposed to Reconstruction
- The original Klan was destroyed under enforcement of the Civil Rights Acts of 1871
Photo by Mike Fritcher
Return of the klan
- The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 by Southerners opposed to Reconstruction
- the new kkk was formed in 1915 by William j. Simmons
- estimates of membership in the 1920s was as high as 8 million
Photo by x-ray delta one
Second Incarnation of the kkk
- In its second incarnation, the Kkk went from just targeting blacks, to targeting Catholics, Jews and foreigners
- The Klan promoted fundamentalism, patriotism and white supremacy
