Immigration, Yesterday

"NORDIC VICTORY IS SEEN IN DRASTIC RESTRICTIONS"

-- Los Angeles Times headline, April 13, 1924


Very high current levels of immigration to the U.S. are lamented by some.  But others point out that in the late 19th century, legions of non-English poured daily onto our shores, aliens to our founding culture, language, principles, religion, and we absorbed millions of them without breaking a sweat.  So what's the problem?


What could possibly go wrong.

African History in the U.S.--References

Regarding a request to provide some resources for those interested in the history of Africans in the U.S (North and South) before WWII, we present the following short bibliography, with comments to help guide you to something of possible interest.  


[Links provided where online versions are available.  Online libraries charging a small yearly fee are a treasure trove for such sources; we, for example, highly recommend Questia.]

HISTORY of AFRICANS IN THE U.S.