Question 17

[Rochelle Ragan]

How did blacks respond to the end of the U.S. government’s military
protection of black civil rights?
Violence rose against blacks from racist southerners (the Ku Klux
Klan) and many were finding it more difficult to find jobs. As
violence and poverty spread in the South, many moved to the North to
escape it in search of more opportunities and education.

[Vanessa Echeverry]

I somewhat agree with Rochelle although I think she talks more about
how white people responded. When the US government stopped military
protection of black civil rights blacks bonded together, especially in
the South, organizing in self-defense and resistance. A black woman
named Sarah Song testified before congress, speaking on emotional
tones and the injustice of the situation, the fear and sadness that
engulfed the free black population. Seeing the increasingly violent
actions of the South many black migrated to the North, searching for
equality, work and education. Among this desperation, the rare
educated black men wrote motivational and moving literature in
attempts for justice and to boost black morale.