racial+unrest-AMD

=Racial Unrest = ﻿Many African Americans had moved north during the war so that they could n the factories. As the war ended, soldiers came home and the economy began to fall. This poor economic circumstances meant people were being laid off and finding work and affordable housing was extremely difficult for many. These things led to racism and people using African Americans as scapegoats, which led to violence. For instance, throughout the summer of 1919 there were twenty-five riots across the nation. African American leader, James Weldon Johnson, called that summer "the red summer."