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Title: Racism in the 1920s The Nadir of Race Relations: 18901940


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Racism in the 1920sThe Nadir of Race Relations
1890-1940
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Race Relations 1865-1877
  • This was the BEST TIME EVER for race relations in
    the Unites States (pre-1960s Civil Rights
    Movement).
  • Civil rights laws were passed.
  • Segregation was illegal in all states.
  • Laws were enforced!

3
So what happened?
4
Race Relations in the U.S.
Best Time
Worst Time
1865
1877
1890
1920
1940
1964
RECONSTRUCTION
ROARING 20s
WWII
CIVIL RIGHTS
IMPERIALISM
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Decline in Race Relations 1890s
  • Indian (Native American) Wars Continuing to
    take Native American land, because they were a
    savage race.
  • Imperialism Continuing to take over other
    nations, because they were savage races.
  • Immigrants European immigrants distanced
    themselves from Blacks (had anti-Black politics).

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Rebirth of the KKK
  • In 1915, the KKK became a powerful hate group.
  • In the 1920s, 1 in 8 people were members! ?
  • KKK members dominated many state governments.
  • Headquarters was in Indianapolis, IN.
  • Klan was now focused not only on Blacks, but
    Communists, immigrants, non-Christians, and (no
    joke) urban intellectuals.

7
Woodrow Wilsons Role
  • President Woodrow Wilson was very racist.
  • Segregated the federal government
  • Endorsed Birth of a Nation (movie on white
    supremacy)
  • Encouraged the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Race Relations in the 1920s
  • WORST TIME EVER for race relations since the
    abolition of slavery!
  • Segregation
  • Sundown towns
  • Lynching and race riots
  • NO Black Congress members from 1900 1930s.

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Warner Bros. Censored Eleven Cartoons
Blackface Minstrel Shows
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