During the 1980s, various groups faced significant challenges and gains. Women made strides in workplace rights and reproductive freedom but continued to confront gender discrimination and wage gaps. African Americans experienced both the rise of the Civil Rights Movement's legacy and increased economic disparities, while Latinos gained visibility but faced Immigration challenges and discrimination. Native Americans fought for sovereignty and recognition, often facing economic hardships, while Asian Americans navigated both the model minority myth and discrimination. Gays and lesbians began to gain visibility and advocate for rights, but they also faced the devastating impact of the AIDS crisis.
Largely ignored -NovaNet
Largely ignored -NovaNet
Harlem was a central place for african americans to voice concerns about racial problems.
The migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the availability of new factory jobs
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The Radical Republicans supported the measure to ensure voting rights for African Americans.
Both were discriminated against in many ways including social and business ways. African Americans in the US have had to fight prejudice and violence for centuries.
African Americans left the south. Most African-Americans had remained in the south following emancipation. However, Jim Crow racism, made life difficult for them. As a result the Great Migration to the Northern cities occurred.
Following the American Civil War many Americans of African descent migrated from the south northward towards large cities such as Philadelphia and Chicago.
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