THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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African American people created a new urban culture in the North.
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The South promoted progressive laws and economic opportunities supporting African Americans.
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Racism and prejudice were less prevalent across the United States.
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The African American population increased in southern coastal cities.
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Great Migration, Black people began to build a new place for themselves in public life, actively confronting racial prejudice as well as economic, political and social challenges to create a Black urban culture that would exert enormous influence in the decades to come.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Migration created the first large, urban black communities in the North. The North saw its black population rise about 20 percent between 1910 and 1930. Cities such as Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Cleveland saw some of the biggest increases.
Detailed explanation-3: -The driving force behind the mass movement was to escape racial violence, pursue economic and educational opportunities, and obtain freedom from the oppression of Jim Crow. The Great Migration is often broken into two phases, coinciding with the participation and effects of the United States in both World Wars.