Chicago life for African-Americans in the 1950s & 60s by Fred Johnston https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife Discussing the working and living conditions of African-Americans in Chicago en-us 2016-04-29 03:31:48 UTC 2025-09-24 23:00:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Life for African-Americans fredjo https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife/wish/108395338 African-Americans faced widespread employment discrimination. Stores in the commercial district refused to hire African Americans as clerks. Black bus drivers, police officers, and firefighters were limited to positions serving their own community. Construction trades remained closed. 

Moreover, the Great Migration made Chicago's already overcrowded slums even more dilapidated, as more and more people tried to fit into converted “kitchenette” and basement apartments in which heating and plumbing were poor, if functioning at all. These living spaces offered little access 
to natural sunlight and required the residents on a 
floor to share a single bathroom.

Street crime in African American communities remained a low priority for Chicago's  police; violence and various other vices soared in black neighborhoods.
]]> 2016-04-29 03:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife/wish/108395338 A reminder of conditions fredjo https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife/wish/108395835 2016-04-29 03:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife/wish/108395835 Question One fredjo https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife/wish/108396039 Describe living conditions as an African-American in Chicago]]> 2016-04-29 03:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife/wish/108396039 Question Two fredjo https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife/wish/108397223 Describe working conditions as an African-American in Chicago]]> 2016-04-29 04:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife/wish/108397223 Question Three fredjo https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife/wish/108397261 Do you think live would be different compared to those living in the South?  Give reasons for your answer]]> 2016-04-29 04:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fredjo/chicagolife/wish/108397261