Was The North as Equal as Assumed?

The north… all the blacks in the south thought it was heaven, but was it? Were the blacks as free and equal as the white northerners made it seem, or was there more segregation and unfair laws then we were aware of.  There were some hidden racism and segregation that people weren’t aware of. Maybe the north wasn’t like heaven after all.

We all know that segregation played a big role in the 1800s.  In every part in America blacks were not equal, or even treated equally. They could not attend plays at theaters made only for white people; they could not sit across a table with white folks and eat a meal. Some neighborhoods were restricted to only blacks and job opportunities were denied to blacks for one reason only; the color of their skin.

The Great Michegan from 1910 to 1960 brought hundreds of thousands of blacks from the South to Chicago, where they became an urban population. Not only were blacks declined jobs for the color of their skin, they also couldn’t attend certain colleges oe own any property in their names .blacks were also not allowed to major in certain fields of education. Un happy with the laws blacks started to do all things secretly. They created churches, community organizations, and important business meetings so blacks could achieve what they wanted without being held back by the harsh cruel racists.

Although the first blacks entered government office in the late 1800's, blacks were basically excluded from political participation in the north and south states by such devices as poll taxes until the passage of the Voting Rights. With the blacks being excluded from the politics some of the blacks had no hope of there every being a change in the unfair segregation.

Even though the north was not as cruel and as segregated as the south it still wasn’t equal. So when  the blacks in the south thought the north was heaven, they would be in for a surprise.  There were some hidden racism and segregation that people weren’t aware of. the north wasn’t like heaven after all  but it was better than the south.