The Struggle for Justice at Home
African Americans
Discrimination:
South:
1.Jim Crow Laws
North:
They experienced discrimination in:
1.employment,
2.education,
3.housing discrimination
African American Migrate North:
1943 Detroit Riot (Race Riot)
Other Recent Racially motivated riots
African Americans
Gains:
2.Victory at Home in winning equality
Mexican American
Discrimination:
Bracero Program
•Program that brought in Mexican Workers:
–50K Agricultural Workers
–75K Rail Road Workers
Zoot Suit Riots
Series of Riot in 1943 L.A.
•Riot between Mexicans and White Servicemen
•500 Latinos Arrested
•Native Americans
Native Americans
Discrimination:
•Forced to adjust quickly to white culture in military and in industry
Gains:
•Enjoyed new employment opportunities in industry and in armed forces
Japanese Americans
Discrimination:
1.Met Hostility from white Neighbors
2.Defamed by press stories based on rumors
3.Relocated to internment camps (concentration) in remote areas of the country
Gains: (NONE)
•Niesi: People born in the United States whose parent emigrated from Japan
–First Generation Americans
Internment Camp: Complex for confining people, especially during wartime
African Americans
Discrimination:
South:
1.Jim Crow Laws
North:
They experienced discrimination in:
1.employment,
2.education,
3.housing discrimination
- Served in segregated military units
African American Migrate North:
- Influx of African Americans to Detroit for defense work
- Growing Animosity: Between Whites and Blacks (esp. Detroit)
- African-American Migrants were pushed into black neighborhoods
1943 Detroit Riot (Race Riot)
- 3 Days of Rioting
- killing 34, wounding 433
- 2 Million in Property Damage
- National Guard called in to end the riot
Other Recent Racially motivated riots
- L.A. Riots 1992
- Oakland Riots 2013
African Americans
Gains:
- Worked for change in Double “V” Campaigns
- Formed CORE (Congress on Racial Equality)
- A. Philip Randolph threatened to march on Washington
- End discrimination in defense plants
- (FEPC) Fair Employment Practices Commission was created to hear complaints of job discrimination
- Double “V” Campaign: Crusade launched by the Pittsburgh Courier with two objectives:
2.Victory at Home in winning equality
Mexican American
Discrimination:
- Endured miserable working conditions on farms
- Sometimes paid less for doing the same work as other people from different ethnic backgrounds
- New Job Opportunities in war industries
- And agriculture
Bracero Program
•Program that brought in Mexican Workers:
–50K Agricultural Workers
–75K Rail Road Workers
Zoot Suit Riots
Series of Riot in 1943 L.A.
•Riot between Mexicans and White Servicemen
•500 Latinos Arrested
•Native Americans
Native Americans
Discrimination:
•Forced to adjust quickly to white culture in military and in industry
Gains:
•Enjoyed new employment opportunities in industry and in armed forces
Japanese Americans
Discrimination:
1.Met Hostility from white Neighbors
2.Defamed by press stories based on rumors
3.Relocated to internment camps (concentration) in remote areas of the country
Gains: (NONE)
•Niesi: People born in the United States whose parent emigrated from Japan
–First Generation Americans
Internment Camp: Complex for confining people, especially during wartime