African American Career
After the American Civil War ended in 1865, African Americans were had a constant uphill battle against racism in the United States. Job opportunities were difficult to find because many jobs had white owners. These white owners believed that African Americans should not be hire-able because of their color and many did not have the ability to read and speak English fluently. Despite Black Codes allowing African Americans to gain their freedom, followed by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment, African Americans shared their fair share of difficulties of providing from their families. Many of the jobs that African Americans had at the end of the nineteenth century were jobs that White Americans passed up because of the work conditions. After the turn into the twentieth century, jobs were beginning to open up for African Americans. Jobs begun striking African Americans by being entrepreneurs.
In 1908, an African American, Henry Perry moved to Kansas City Missouri and begun a new barbecue restaurant business. The business consisted of smoking several different styles of different meat and Perry sold this as lunch or dinner. Racism is the early twentieth century in the Midwest was on the rise. Being a colored man, he understood the difficulties about being an African American and trying to find a paying job. Therefore, he did hire bodies of like color to Perry and continue to grow his barbecue restaurant business. With that in mind, something to consider is the thought of a white American attending an African American restaurant and sitting down and enjoying a meal. Perry and his employees knew the risks that they were taking about allowing White Americans into their business. Putting racism aside, this new opportunity that Perry found for himself benefited himself and his legacy, but also contributed for African Americans finding job opportunities.
Job opportunities for African Americans was on the rise and a huge credit goes to Mr. Perry. After Mr. Perry's death, he turned his business to an African America who controlled full ownership. The opportunity of being an African American and being a business owner was huge in the middle twentieth century because many business owners were predominantly white.
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