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race and gender shaped people's experiences in the West 1850-1950…
race and gender shaped people's experiences in the West 1850-1950
differed substantially from race relations in other parts of the US during the period from circa 1850 to 1950
whites and blacks
African Americans in the West
opening of defense industry jobs there during WWII
exhibited racial dynamics
the Chinese.
young men from China came to America in hopes of earning money to support their struggling families back home
denied the right to naturalize as US citizens from 1882 onward
could not attain the same degree of cohesion and success as did European migrants whose families
Japanese
more personal wealth
Second World War also helped to ignite racial tensions between whites and Latinos
Zoot Suit Riots
was often associated with "progressive" politics, including support for women's suffrage and for policies expanding direct democracy
Plan of Nicodemus, 1877-1890
black settlement
Z.T. Fletcher, an early resident of Nicodemus, Kansas, was the first postmaster, as well as the
secretary of the Colony. He also became the first entrepreneur in Nicodemus, having
established the St. Francis Hotel in 1880.
f intermarriage took place among the first black colonists of Nicodemus township,
Executive Order 9066: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese (1942)