Resurgence of the KKK and the Great Migration by Mason Igou https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww Made with wonder en-us 2022-03-03 19:00:09 UTC 2022-03-04 19:57:10 UTC hello@padlet.com The Great Migration mason_igou231 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2076507101 The Great Migration: 1916-1970
Also known as the Black Migration, was the movement of over 6 million African Americans out of the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states.]]> 2022-03-03 19:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2076507101 The Great Migration-How it happened mason_igou231 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2076530622 The main driving force behind this movement was to escape racial violence, pursue educational opportunities, as well as many other factors, such as wanting to obtain freedom from Jim Crow.]]> 2022-03-03 19:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2076530622 Jacob Lawrence-The Migration Series mason_igou231 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2076603675 Jacob Lawrence's the Migration Series: Published 1993
Jacob Lawrence, an African American artist, started writing his book series in 1917 covering the events of the Great Migration, a period that forever altered the social, economic, political, and cultural fabric of American society.]]> 2022-03-03 20:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2076603675 What is the KKK? matthew_dudley23 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078168916 The KKK was first created in 1860s by ex-confederate soldiers due to conflicts in the reconstruction after the civil war. nearly 50 years later The KKK had a resurgence in the 1920s. The new era of KKK members were even more dangerous as they weren't only targeting black people during the time span.]]> 2022-03-04 15:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078168916 How the KKK arose again matthew_dudley23 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078209375 The revival of the KKK had a lot to do with changes in the status quo. These consisted of industrialization, immigration, and urbanization. The coping mechanism these KKK members showed was a variety of savagery tactics that aimed at groups like African Americans, immigrants, Catholics, and Jews. ]]> 2022-03-04 16:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078209375 National organization matthew_dudley23 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078218084
Although the KKK reemerged in the South in 1915, the organization would not have a nationwide comeback until after World War I ended. In just ten months, membership in the KKK grew from a few thousand to over 1 million. squared Local chapters of the KKK sprung up across the country, and by the 1920s, it had evolved into a genuinely national organization, with a powerful presence not only in the South, but also in New England, the Midwest, and across the northern United States.
]]> 2022-03-04 16:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078218084 The Great Migration-How it ended mason_igou231 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078331977  The Great Migration ended in the 1970s, when the South had changed so that African-Americans were no longer under pressure to leave and were free to live anywhere they chose. The Great Migration would lead to a lower population of African Americans in the South. Even with this movement, racism was still prevalent even the most rural Northern cities. ]]> 2022-03-04 17:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078331977 An excerpt from 1895 of “Why is the Negro Lynched?” by Frederick Douglass mason_igou231 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078358066 A quote from this excerpt, "the Southern mob, in its rage, feeds its vengeance by shooting, stabbing and burning their victims, when they are dead." showing that even though they have already beaten down African Americans, there is always something worse that they can do to them.]]> 2022-03-04 17:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078358066 Decline in KKK Membership matthew_dudley23 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078538175 When the KKK arrived to recruit in Greenville, Mississippi, LeRoy Percy took action to keep the Klan out. His impassioned address at the Klan's recruitment got townspeople to support the destruction of the KKK in general.]]> 2022-03-04 19:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078538175 matthew_dudley23 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078542908 2022-03-04 19:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078542908 matthew_dudley23 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078544429 2022-03-04 19:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078544429 matthew_dudley23 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078545805 2022-03-04 19:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078545805 matthew_dudley23 https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078550377 2022-03-04 19:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_igou231/peevpping87gzww/wish/2078550377