Unemployment was still very high given the return of so many from the war and the immigration levels of all races. The need for gainful employment and equitable housing was contentious among all the races, but was of coarse most heated amongst the Continue Reading...
This is because our authority figures are tainted by the same prejudices and discrimination that affect everyone. Thus, preventing these events would have only been possible if the police in the Rodney King instance didn't act in this manner toward Continue Reading...
The Prohibition made these mobsters however more daring and they begun to become involved in criminal operations that affected the American communities as well. Aside the Prohibition, it has to be stated that at that time, the United States was also Continue Reading...
" With this onslaught of blacks into their communities, there was an "exodus of Jews" (apparently no pun intended vis-a-vis the book Exodus about the Jews seeking a homeland) which created a "vacuum" that was immediately filled by a "housing-starved Continue Reading...
Gangs
The Issue of Gangs
History of Gangs in the United States of America
Northeast Region (specifically New York City
Midwest Region (specifically Chicago)
West Region (specifically Los Angeles)
South Region First period
Current Status of Ga Continue Reading...
This is why people that had financial resources to move away from the agitated center often chose Harlem. At the same time however,
On the periphery of these upper class enclaves, however, impoverished Italian immigrants huddled in vile tenements l Continue Reading...