Race Riots

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Race Riots

Racial tensions grew in the predominantly white areas that black people were migrating to. This led to race riots.

Chicago Race Riots 1919

Between 1919 and 1921, 58 homemade bombs were thrown at black people who had migrated to the white areas of Chicago.
- In 1919, a black boy crossed the segregation line on Lake Michigan beach which resulted in him being stoned.
Homes were destroyed and 25 black people were killed in Chicago as white racists joined by Irish and Polish communities attacked black people.
The governor of Illinois blamed the riots on the unfair treatment of black people. He called for desegregation.

Racial tensions in Oklahoma

Both black and white Americans migrated to Oklahoma in the late 1800s in search of work.
In 1907 Oklahoma brought in the Jim Crow Laws and lynchings became commonplace.
Racial tensions grew to the point where 25 all-black towns were established in Oklahoma.

Tulsa Race Riot, 1921

After the First World War, returning black soliders demanded more freedom. This is what they had been fighting for in Europe.
- This wasn’t welcomed by white people.
- Lynchings were common in Tulsa.
- A black mob sought justice to defend themselves against this horrific practice.
Subsequently, race riots broke out in 1921 in Tulsa on a street that was populated by the richest black people (then known as the Black Wall Street).

The outcome of the riots

The riots left 10,000 black people without homes and 300 black people dead.

1‘Free at Last’ 1865-77

1.1The Thirteenth Amendment

1.1.1The Civil War & The Thirteenth Amendment

1.1.2The Impact of the Civil War

1.1.3Economic, Political & Social Position of Ex-Slaves

1.1.4Political Settlement & Andrew Johnson

1.2Radical Reconstruction, 1867-77

1.2.1The Fourteenth Amendment

1.2.2The Fifteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act

1.3The Backlash

1.3.1White Supremacy Groups

1.3.2The End of Reconstruction 1887

2The Triumph of ‘Jim Crow’ 1883-c1890

2.1Jim Crow Laws & Civil Rights Cases

2.1.1Jim Crow Laws

2.1.2Voting Rights

2.1.3Scientific Racism

2.1.4Civil Rights Cases

2.2Resistance and Migration

2.2.1The Northern States & Black Resistance

2.2.2Early Migration

2.2.3The Great Migration

2.2.4Race Riots

2.2.5Migration Case Study: Harlem

3The New Deal and Race Relations, 1933–41

3.1Failure to Address Black Grievances

3.1.1The Democrat Party & the Anti-Lynching Bill

3.2The New Deal

3.2.1The New Deal

3.2.2The Alphabet Agencies

3.2.3The PWA, WPA & the NYA

3.2.4Benefits

3.2.5Impact of the New Deal & Eleanor Roosevelt

3.2.6Gone With the Wind

3.3The Second World War

3.3.1The Experience of War

3.3.2The Home Front

3.3.3The White Flight

3.3.4Restrictive Covenants

4‘I have a dream’, 1954–68

4.1Civil Rights Activities, 1954–63

4.1.1The Desegregation of Schools

4.1.2The Montgomery Bus Boycott

4.1.3SCLC & Birmingham

4.1.4SNCC

4.1.5CORE

4.2Civil Rights 1964-68

4.2.1Civil Rights Act 1964 & Voting Act 1965

4.2.2Ghettos & Poverty

4.2.31966 - 1968

4.3Malcolm X & The Black Panthers

4.3.1The Nation of Islam & Malcolm X

4.3.2Divisions in the Civil Rights Movement

4.3.3The Black Panthers

4.4Literature, Film & Television

4.4.1Racial Attitudes in Literature from 1850-2009

4.4.2Racial Attitudes in Film from 1850-2009

4.4.3Racial Attitudes in Television from 1850-2009

5Obama's Campaign for the Presidency, 2004–09

5.1The Late 20th Century

5.1.1Migration Back to the South in the 20th Century

5.1.2The Status of Black People 1968-2009

5.2Barack Obama & his Political Career

5.2.1Barack Obama's Life

5.2.2Senator for Illinois

5.2.3Running as Presidential Candidate

5.3Reasons for Obama's Victory

5.3.1Reasons for Vicotry

5.3.2The Significance of Obama's Victory

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