Tenemet apartments at the beginning of the 20th century were

Tenement apartments at the beginning of the 20th century were multi-dwelling residential buildings in which the tenants resided and payed a rent to the owner of the apartment. Individual tenants could use the common areas of the house, which included entrance halls and corridors with stairs or lift, cellars, laundries, soils, dryers or backyards and the garden.

they were treated very badly. they were targeted by white supremacists and other groups, like the klu klux klan, even after coming back to the country as veterans. they were seen as inferior and gave the african americans new found motivation to fight against this racial injustice. 

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