The Continuation of Discrimination and Prejudice

Question 1

knowledge

Answer 1

• because of the great migration more black americans lived in the north with chicagos population increasing from 250,000 to half a million in 1950, and racial tensions became more prevalent therefore so did popular prejudice
• emmet till, a 14 year old boy from chicago was kidnapped, shot and murdered in mississippi.

Question 2

analysis

Answer 2

• this led to a growth in the CRM as race relations began to deteriorate because of things like increased competition for jobs
• his case which was taken on by the NAACP brought a lot of attention to the issue of prejudice.

Question 3

analysis+

Answer 3

• because of the prejudice people held they would have been less likely to support the CRM.

Question 4

evaluation

Answer 4

• as the national museum of african american history and culture says, “tills murder reverberated the need for immediate change”