African+Americans+(Lyon+&+Connor+P.)

=** African Americans ** = = =

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Many things happen to African Americans from 1870-1910, some good some bad. One major event was segregation on public transportation systems. In 1881 trains were segregated in Tennessee, followed by Florida in 1887, then Mississippi in 1881, then Texas in 1889, then Louisiana in 1890, followed by Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Georgia in 1891, South Carolina in 1899, then Virginia in the new century! (1900) Maryland in 1904, and Oklahoma in 1907. This was a major occurrence because it was the start of segregation in the US. Another major happening was the Carrollton Massacre on March 20, 1886. The Carrollton Massacre occurred in the courtroom of the Carrollton courthouse on May 17 when 23 african americans were shot and killed while in court. Also, throughout these year many lynchings occurred for unknown reason but an anywhere from 60 to 80 lynchings occurred a year almost. It was a big time for the blacks.===== God Bless,

Swagga P http://www.vaiden.net/carrollton_massacre.html

http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/aap/timelin2.html

===During the 1920s, when the Harlem Renaissance was happening, African-Americans were making a statement. They were pushing for political racial equality and made it plausible with the rise of jazz music, musicians, poets, et cetera. With advocators like Marcus Gravey, foundations like the Universal Negro Improvement Association were created and put blacks on the map. Also with musicians like Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway and the Apollo theater jazz music was rapidly spreading and was thought to be "African-American" music which helped blacks make a name for themselves.===

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http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/harlem-renaissance.jsp#thr http://www.coffeypark.com/harlem/music.htm