The Emergence Of Ghettos

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and into the ghettos. More importantly, blacks were competition to the whites for jobs. During the 1900-1920 time period racial violence broke out in major cities around the nation. Riots took cities by storm. Blacks that lived in white neighborhoods had their homes blown up. Blacks were being thrown off of trolleys on their way to work. This was all due to the fact that the blacks were taking over the whites job for a lesser paycheck. In addition to racial violence, real estates were a problem for the blacks that were living in the ghettos. Restrictive Covenaces was a form that stated that no houses should be sold or rented to blacks. If 75 percent of the neighborhood signed this form, it was accepted as a legal document. Also, the Neighborhood Associations stop blacks from moving into white neighborhoods. These associations would stop real estates from selling houses to blacks. They would lobby for public investment, so they can buy out the blacks that had moved into the white ...

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