How widespread was intolerance of the blacks in the 1920's?

... How widespread was intolerance of the blacks in the 1920's? In the beginning black people were brought over to the USA as slaves. After the abolition of slavery, they were free, yet still treated as slaves by many. In general, this occurred throughout America, but it is obvious that this racism was far more concentrated in the South than the North. To be able to answer this question, we need to look at different experiences objectively, comparing the incidents in the North to the South. One of the reasons why racist incidents were so much greater in the South is because there, working class whites competed with blacks for unskilled jobs, such as farming. In some towns, mainly in the South, whole towns were members of the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan was an organisation, which used violent methods such as beating, and lynching to intimidate blacks and stay

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