#310 1918: The Harlem Hellfighters
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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The Civil Rights Movement in New York City
This is the same era that we see the d griffith's birth of a nation. You have race riots in major cities during this period. And what was the federal government doing to help things out here? Were they doing anything? Well, woodrow wilson, who was the president here, was particularly fine with emboldening these segregationist lines and reversing any kind of integration on the federal level. His administration going as far as segregating government and phasing out the hiring of black applicants That had been opened in previous administrations. But here there was a lot of response from new york. On july 20 eighth, 19 17, thousands of african americans took to fifth
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