More about African Americans in the 20th Century
Because of the stereotypes that have long been created, there has always been an ongoing separation in the 20th century and in the past between the Blacks and the Whites. Here are examples of how African Americans were portrayed during the 20th century, as they partake in these riots. The East St. Louis massacre, which occurred after America entered World War I, was another race-related violence in the United States. During the time of the riot, groups of African Americans were migrating to the United States. In the picture, this proves to show a separation of power between the Blacks and the Whites, as a Black woman with her children are kneeling to a person with greater power, the White. In order to seek labor and greater opportunities. Because Blacks were seen as slaves, White workers and unions rejected their labors. They didn’t want people of a specific culture to work, which caused violence against the Blacks from the Whites. A few months later, Black groups were shot by the Whites, and many attacks continued, which were all based on the way the Blacks were seen in society. Just due to the fact, that they were seen as exhibiting violent characteristics, attacks were made towards them.
The Tulsa race riot, which occurred during 1921 in Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma showed violence towards the Blacks from the Whites. It was a racial conflict between the Whites and the Blacks in Tulsa, which was known as a popular African American community, that left many Blacks dead, injured, as well as left their territories burned and destroyed. Blacks were captured for internment by the National Guard, and many Blacks were imprisoned. This comes to show that the Blacks during this time period were seen as violent and a cause of terror, so people believed that bringing them to imprisonment was a way to end the violence of the riot that started from the Whites and the Blacks in the district. The number of blacks killed during the riot outnumbered the number of whites.
