Black Americans suffering

• Forms of segregation

  • Separation in public facilities and services such as parks, swimming pools, water-fountains, benches, cinemas, buses, and schools
• Millions of black Americans migrated north and west, known as the 'Great Migration', seeking better opportunities
• In cities like New York, there was a flourishing of black culture known as the 'Harlem Renaissance'
• Black education was deliberately inferior, hindering their chances of obtaining skilled, high-paying jobs
• In Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921, the prosperous black district was burned down and up to 300 black Americans were killed due to racial tensions
• By 1925, the influence of the Ku Klux Klan had largely collapsed
• In the new areas, life improved in key ways with no official segregation and better job opportunities
• Black facilities and services were under-funded and badly-maintained, emphasizing black Americans' lower status
• By the 1920s, not all black Americans enjoyed equal status with white Americans
• The Ku Klux Klan, a terrorist organization, terrorized black communities with violence and intimidation
• Black Americans were prevented from voting by barriers like literacy tests
• Black Americans faced mistreatment by white neighbours, including poor housing quality, high rents, unskilled jobs, low wages, and occasional violence