In America is the "Great Migration" Being Consistently Enacted?

- No employment; move

- No housing; move.

- No love; move.

- No hope; die.

Are migrators purposely forced to shift their entire livelihood, simply to appease those who crave a certain way of life? That way of life may exclude certain races of people who may have differing statuses, while being placed in "a box" labeled "class". 

African Americans began their Great Migration between 1910-1970, leaving horrid memories of the South behind to advance North, towards freedom and opportunity. The great migration of African Americans was attributed to fierce racism, which was protected by Jim Crow law from 1876-1965. 

When the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted in 1863, that was code for Black people to get-the-hell out of the South! 

The executive order passed by our 16th President Abraham Lincoln, infuriated White Southerners to the point of retaliation; enters the first Klan members of 1866, with political massacres carried out by 1868. With no hope for career opportunities in the South -- the "Great Migration" commenced. 

Was it difficult for African Americans to up and leave the South, being that they had no money because their forced labor didn't acknowledge their worth? What about when they reached their destination, where would they lay their heads? 

The desperation for freedom to live, far surpassed their fears of the unknown that certainly awaited them on their enduring journey. 

Fast forward to 2013, where some of the richest Americans have roots firmly planted in the South, with many companies of substantial status to show for it. The heads of these companies will most certainly hire like-minded individuals, as to not cause in off-set within the conservative utopia. 

Hiring individuals not like-minded, is a game that must be played due to federal laws and regulations currently in place. However, those companies can retaliate by keeping "not like-minded" individuals at bay; meaning to be kept in lower wage job positions with no opportunity for advancement. And only those who've experienced it can properly call it by its name; discrimination.

- No employment; move.

- No housing; move.

- No love; move.

- No hope; die.

2013 LA

Happy 150th Anniversary to the Emancipation Proclamation

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (seen above). This single document changed the course of history in our country, leading us past dark centuries of slavery and into freedom, reconstruction, and civil rights.

The Emancipation Proclamation above does read:

Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: 

"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all person's held as slaves within any State or any designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free; and the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom."

Slavery was officially abolished in 1865, however, it took one state almost 150 years to date to receive word on the dismantling of an era.  

On February 17, 2013, Mississippi, became the last state in the nation to ratify the 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 

Wow.

2013 LA