rn cities. Even in the north, the blacks had trouble with discrimination. Membership in the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, grew rapidly. In the 1920s, a section in New York known as Harlem became the center of Africa American culture. The "Harlem Renaissance" was born, and it earned the respect from the whites in America for the blacks. Eventually, though, Harlem turned into a ghetto for African Americans, and by the time the Great Depression hit in 1929 the "Harlem Renaissance" was non-existent. To make circumstances worst for African Americans, violence against them increased during this time as well with the second rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
             Finally in the 1940s the situation for blacks began to improve, mostly because of World War II, which helped to unite all Americans. Almost a million African Americans served in the armed forces. The NCAAP now had half a million members and was joined by the newly formed CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality. In general, African Americans ca
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