AHC no Nadir period in American history

Alright so here is my challenge AH members. The Nadir period lasted from 1890s-1940s throughout this time period racism grew out of control restrict blacks civil and economic rights. Africans became second class citizens and in this time americans in both north and south joined hands . Blacks, Native Americans, Chinese were excluded from jobs in both north and the south. Black teams which used to play in the MLB were banned during this period(Yeah Jackie wasnt the first black player in the MLBs). Blacks portrayed as incompetent and stupid in ads and pictures and t.v shows, in many places north and south From Myakka city to Medford Oregon whites attacked their neighbors who were black leaving towns all white:eek: Communities with no black population passed ordinances saying that if a black dared stay for more than one night they would would be put to death:eek:This created thousands of sundown towns in Illinois, Indiana, Oregon and several Northern states:eek:They also excluded Catholics, Chinese, and Jews. Entire areas in places like Cumberland Michigan became devoid of blacks.. Africans were excluded from juries. Due to this Africans lost hope and crime and instability increased. In Tusla for excample whites dropped Dynamite from Planes on black ghettos.
So fellow members what sort of change must America go through in order to prevent this period from occurring. If this terrible period never occurs how different would American history be?
 
The key is a smoother Reconstruction -- you've got to keep support for Black Civil Rights from maxing out in the 1870's to avoid their collapse in the 1880's and 1890's...
 
Didn't all those problems exist before 1890, some even worse than after?
Ahh but this is known as the Nadir period because it was a time when blacks were bieng eradicated from towns when they lost everything they had gained during reconstruction and suffered horribly. Worst part is this went on both in the north and the south, Basically its a period when racism in America went overboard creating conditions as bad if not worse than pre civil war.

This is all according to the book Lies my teacher told me by James W.Lowe.
 
I see. Well, how do you propose this is accomplished?

I have a rough TL Let Us Strive, that achieves this by avoiding Lincoln's assassination; I can also see different decisions by the Grant Administration achieving enough in this regard, or even simply a less hostile Supreme Court that doesn't strike down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 et el...
 
I have a rough TL Let Us Strive, that achieves this by avoiding Lincoln's assassination; I can also see different decisions by the Grant Administration achieving enough in this regard, or even simply a less hostile Supreme Court that doesn't strike down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 et el...
I see well I recently learned that lincoln was not all that bad as history portrays him. In fact he was quite the solid anti-slavery supporter which was one reason he was chosen over Seward a compromiser. His way with words was most likely confusing to many people.
 
I have a rough TL Let Us Strive, that achieves this by avoiding Lincoln's assassination; I can also see different decisions by the Grant Administration achieving enough in this regard, or even simply a less hostile Supreme Court that doesn't strike down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 et el...


what he said

or

exile all the Confederates to Brazil
 
I see well how do you propose this is accomplished.

I do this in "Brotherhood and Baseball" (a book available at lulu.com) - a Union win at Chancellorsville leads to the Civil War ending 18 months early. Lincoln survives (though Booth does something sneaky which I haven't seen others use) and Southerners are allowed in more smoothly, though political pressure still causes the North to insist on the elimination of the worst of the Black Codes.

A 20ish soldier who would have died in the Civil War in OTL (as well as others) survives, and he ends up a baseball superstar. He gets together with a young Octavius Catto, a Civil Rights leader who in OTL was assassinated in 1871 while trying to vote (picture Martin Luther King Jr. dying in 1961). While Catto doesn't have the impact King did in OTL, he becomes a well-known worker for change who succeeds Frederick Douglass as leader and is able to unite with whites in at least some places to help keep things at least stable at 1870s levels, even in some parts of the South.

Meanwhile, baseball is integrated thanks to this superstar, and his status and work with Catto keeps the game that way. (Though there are struggles which are told of in more detail in my "If Baseball Integrated Early.") As Americans see the races together in one area that becomes more and more popular, there is hope that by the 1910s and 1920s, there might be a slow, steady movement toward integration on a state by state basis, though there will still be struggles. Some riots won't occur but some will - but they may not be all about race and more about jobs.

So, in short, I'd say you need a combination of good leaders, less Southern hostility toward the North, and blacks and whites working together in an area that can be used as a stepping stone and which is public enough that it allows other members of the races to have some contact and something in common, too. It won't get you instant integration, but it can keep thigns steady till they're ready to improve, which was the OP's purpose, simply avoiding the nadir.
 
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