Segregation In The 1920's

Once upon a time, Whites and Blacks didn’t see each others race until after World War I. One white man said they all seemed like they belonged and that they all seemed like they were family in North Omaha. After World War I ended the men that were enlisted had to return home which made the whites have to compete with the blacks for jobs. The government spending on arms was reducing. This is when race became such a big problem in the United States. The whites began getting nervous because they were struggling to find jobs and they would take their anger out on the african americans. Many blacks lost their lives due to the white getting angry at the lack of jobs. In 1919 that was the bloodiest time ever between whites and african americans. A …show more content…
This made public policies shape the U.S. cities and neighborhoods. Restrictive real-estate covenants (AKA gentlemen agreements) became something that they would use to keep black from moving out of the North side in Omaha. This started in California against the Asians, but would eventually spread throughout the United States. This is a legal form that is like the Jim Crow Law, but would be enacted into the North Instead of the South. In ads they would put that the houses were strictly for “colored” or “whites” which would be in certain places. So the north houses for rent would have said, “Colored.” The places that weren't in north Omaha would have said, “white.” Bank loan policies would also effect where the african american people could live. Insurance policies could also refuse to give black insurance unless they lived in the north. Blacks then began to make their own small businesses within their part of the town like beauty shops, barbershops, etc. They made their own entertainment so they didn’t have to go to the whites. They even had their own newspaper “The Omaha Star” which they could spread news throughout their community. Black doctors, lawyers, and dentist would all expand onto north 24th. Even though they established their business, the whites outside of their little community would still dominate …show more content…
Omaha also decided to try that approach since it was working in the South. Protestors in this time tried so hard to get open housing agreements where they weren’t stuck in north Omaha, and fair employment. Neither of which they got until it became a national law. They were successful in getting the unfair system in the views of media, white community, and brought the black community closer together. In the late 60s, the new generations of black got inpatient with the lack of change to the housing agreement and fair employment that they decided to loot, and burn stuff. This made for a lack of jobs in the area. Later, after they put the highway in it cut north Omaha into 2/3’s (NETNebraska,