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In what ways did the social, political and economic status of black Americans vary across the United States at the end of the Second World War?
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In what ways did the social, political and economic status of black Americans vary across the United States at the end of the Second World War? The social, political and economic status of black Americans varied across the United States. They faced discrimination and segregation from the prejudiced white Americans. However things started to change; organisations were set up to help improve the position of black Americans in society. Black Americans were treated differently in the north and south. In the south, blacks were used as slaves as they were shipped over from Africa. They worked in rural areas and were treated as second class citizens. The economic status includes wealth, jobs, wages, education, qualifications, trade unions, discrimination and migration. In the north, there were more and more people, from the south moving up before and during the war. From 1940 to 1945, 5 years, the population of Chicago went up from 277,000...
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