.Life in the South
.Jim Crow Law
.Segregated housing,schools,transport and public amenities
.Education was segregated and white univertsites refused to accept African-American students
Schools in the South
.Schools for African-Americans had a quarter of the budget of schools for white children
.White children refused to go to school with African-American children
The KKK
.Targeted African-Americans who showed any kind of 'disresect' towards white people
.They were terrorised by the Klan
.In 1900 there were 115 lynchings in America
.Klan were very powerful in the South- many were judges, policemen or other officials
Other factors
.15th amendment- Right to vote, but in some southern states they prevented this from happening, by having the 'Grandfather Clause'
Life in the North
Great migration
.WW1- thousands of African-Americans migrated to the North
.1920s - 500,000 migrated to the North to look for job opportunities
.There were still inequalities in the North, but there was a substantial difference
Working conditions
.African-American people were paid less than white people (less than 50 pecent)
Living conditions.Forced to live in undesirable neighbourhoods or ghettos
.90 percent of people who lived in ghettos were black
Limited KKK activity
Voting Rights
.It was easier for African American people to vote in the North
.Played an important role in the 1944 presidential election
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