2. Great numbers of black Southerners emigrated to the cities of the North during the Twenties and Thirties. The new lives of these urban African-Americans in the industrial North were radically different from those they had led in the agrarian South. On the surface, they confronted much less prejudice. What were the differences in racial attitudes between the two cultures? Was the prejudice of the North less real because it was better hidden?
The African-Americans moved to the north during the WWI. By then the Great Migration had begun and continued for 20 years. Later, in 1970, about 5 million people moved to the North. This changed the whole map for African-American settlement. Even though the Great Migration helped African-Americans with education, it also caused a lot of discrimination towards them. With discrimination, it was hard for blacks to obtain jobs. The North was in fact less prejudice because slavery had been abolished, but there were a few whites that were racist towards blacks. Though the prejudice was less than in the South. The prejudice in the north was less real since it was hidden. With the prejudice being hidden, many African-Americans saw opportunities and a better future for them. In the North, African-Americans had a better opportunity of getting stable paying jobs, good education, and a nice place or piece of land to live in.
