Blacks outside the South in Late1945
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- Blacks outside the South in Late 1945
- Black Political Rights outside the South
- Better than in the south
- They had voting rights
- They were able to vote in Late 1945, but did not result in sympathetic representatives.
- No Black elected officals
- Only two Black members of Congress, Representative William Dawson from Chicago, and Adam Clayton Powell.
- Blacks were still not equal to Whites
- Social and Economic Equality
- Their Social position was not equal to whites.
- Whites did not want to live near blacks.
- There was no legal segregation of the races, set down in the law (De Jure)
- Whites did not want their children to be educated alongside blacks.
- Their Economic position was better than the south.
- There was segregation of the races, in fact, rather than in the law (De Facto)
- The black population of cities such as Philadelphia, Boston and Detroit, were concentrated in Ghetto areas, where homes and schools for blacks were inferior to those for Whites.
- Their economic positions were not equal to Whites.
- White-owned companies were often reluctant to employ Blacks
- Their Social position was not equal to whites.
- Blacks and Law
- Their legal positions were better than the South.
- Blacks were not equal to Whites in legal positions.
- Black Policeman were a rarity.
- Blacks were discriminated against in law courts, and by the police.
- Malcom X's sentence for his criminal activities in 1946 would be far harsher than that given to a white man found guilty of the same crimes.
- Blacks were discriminated against in law courts, and by the police.
- Black Policeman were a rarity.
- Blacks were discriminated against in law courts, and by the police.
- Malcom X's sentence for his criminal activities in 1946 would be far harsher than that given to a white man found guilty of the same crimes.
- Black Political Rights outside the South
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