...
Post A Reply
my profile
|
directory
login
|
register
|
search
|
faq
|
forum home
»
EgyptSearch Forums
»
Deshret
»
Who are Americas Black People?
» Post A Reply
Post A Reply
Login Name:
Password:
Message Icon:
Message:
HTML is not enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike111: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike111: [qb] ^People in Northern U.S. and the Caribbean "DO" have European family histories. On the other hand, how do you imagine Slaves of any extraction, maintaining family histories? It's not like Slave families were kept together from generation to generation. Basically a Slave knows only what he is told by his master. [/qb][/QUOTE]Here is the complicating fact, and why more Black Americans don't know their family history. The Great Migration: The Great Migration, or the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1970, had a huge impact on urban life in the United States. Driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist laws, many blacks headed north, where they took advantage of the need for industrial workers that first arose during the First World War. As Chicago, New York and other cities saw their black populations expand exponentially, migrants were forced to deal with poor working conditions and competition for living space, as well as widespread racism and prejudice. During the Great Migration, African Americans began to build a new place for themselves in public life, actively confronting economic, political and social challenges and creating a new black urban culture that would exert enormous influence in the decades to come. [b] So you had this massive movement of people who had been taught that they were Africans, moving into areas were the people might have at one time known better. But when confronted by so many people claiming to be African, after a while, they began to believe that they too were African.[/b] As a test, how many of you are Blacks living in the U.S.? Who told you that you were of African extraction? Why did you believe it? [/QB][/QUOTE]
Instant Graemlins
Instant UBB Code™
What is UBB Code™?
Options
Disable Graemlins in this post.
*** Click here to review this topic. ***
Contact Us
|
EgyptSearch!
(c) 2015 EgyptSearch.com
Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3