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SUMMARY
This chapter discusses the time of 19th century when Washington along with other major cities of the United States of America allowed the migration of a huge population of African Americans into their allies. One of the most prominent aspects that were noticed after this event of migration was seen not only in the statistics but numerous people from the black community witnessed urbanization. The alley system flourished more due to the response of the white American community. Even when the black community started to spread out, most of the people belonged from the working class of the blacks. However, when the blacks become residentially prominent in the white Americans decided to move out. Many people at that time thought to avoid the areas where the majority of the black residents lived, while many families decided to invade the neighborhoods. The white community tried to maintain their inherited dominance through multiple ways including the most common way of racism. Most of the migrations were noticed in the southern cities, among which many cities were even forced to accept the migration of the black community. The Washington district witnessed the largest migration of black people, especially when the white Americans portrayed their hostility towards black people. These people were offered with complete support in terms of finding a home and other matters. The major problem emerged in 1860 in Washington which was an outcome of the residential segregation and self-created complexities. During the time period of the civil war, Washington was a small city with approximately 60,000 residents. The whites used to live in the urban region of the city while the blacks were in the core. The blacks used to dominate the north side of the street, while the whites used to stay in the south. The west south was under the rule of whites, while the blacks dominated the northeast side of the street. However, due to the racial disparities, black dominance didn't last long as the whites eventually dominated the black by being considered as the superior community.
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