Anti-black discrimination and segregation, both de jure and de facto, remained deeply interwoven in the fabric of American society for at least a century after the Civil War (and unfortunately haven't been entirely eradicated today).
However, from what I've read, this doesn't seem to have been reflected in immigration laws from about 1865 to 1965, at least to not the extent that might be expected. I understand that people from predominately black countries couldn't immigrate in unlimited numbers, but that this also applied to people from nearly all non-Northern European countries, which is why I write in the title that black immigrants were apparently never "specifically" restricted. This is in contrast to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Immigration Act of 1924, which limited non-Northern European immigration in general but imposed a blanket ban on all immigrants from Asia.
Given all the formal and informal mechanisms of oppression of black people in the US in full force in the 19th century and much of the 20th century, it seems contradictory to me that the politicians at the top of this structure nevertheless created laws that allowed foreign-born black people including Marcus Garvey, Sidney Poitier, and the Caribbean-born parents of Colin Powell, Malcolm X, and Harry Belafonte to freely immigrate to the US during the period concerned (edit: I'm finding out that many prominent African-Americans have recent Caribbean ancestry that I never would have expected).
In other words, why does anti-Asian racism seem to have made a much bigger dent in US immigration policy than anti-black racism, which was much more deeply rooted and fundamental to how American society was set up?
The previous owner (now dead) worked for the insurance company that recovered the car after it was used in a bank robbery. As the story goes, the original owners purchased the car new, drove it to the worlds fair in new york, and it was promptly stolen and used in a bank robbery. He then purchased the vehicle from the insurance company because apparently the original owners didnt want it back or something like that. The car was used for about 20 years, then sat in a garage from 1986 until 2003 when my brother and i found and purchased it.
I have known this story since the previous owner told us, and have tried to do searches on the internet but can never find any info. Im curious if theres a subreddit to post these questions where reddit can collectively help track down any actual records of this.
Records meaning albums or singles, presuming you could get special vinyl pressings of whatever bc you have a goddamn time machine and you get what you want.
I’m interested in what you’d bring to show the last 56 years of progression, not just what pop is like in 2021!
