The Nadir of Race Relations

The Nadir of Race Relations 

There is a chapter in American history called the nadir of race relations, which lasted from 1877 to about 1923. This period was when racism in the country was more open and pronounced than it had been during any other period in the nation's history.
After the failure of the reconstruction era during Andrew Johnson’s presidency, race relations became extremely tense. Many white supremacist groups developed and African-Americans were living in the mist of racial terrorism. At the climax of the nadir era of race relations, number of well off African-American communities were destroyed and sabotaged.

In 1919 there was the emergence of what was called the Red Summer. This occurred from African-Americans having moved into the industrialized areas of the north. Many were leaving the south because of racism and to embrace new work outside of share cropping, which was robbing them of the money they actually deserved. However, little did they knew that moving to the north would only lead them into many confrontations with first-generation Americans (children of European immigrants) to fight over job opportunities.

These first generation descendants would find themselves aligning with those that developed the racist system in America.

Following the return of soldiers form the first world war, there was a rising paranoia concerning African-American soldiers becoming more vocal advocates of Marxism in America. This lead to whites becoming fearful of not only the advocacy of blacks towards Marxism, but also fearing that their experience from the war would make them more rebellious. Their fears became reality and when many soldiers returned, it resulted into riots and confrontations throughout the nation.

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