Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so) With the formal ending of slavery in place, many freed black people saw this as an opportunity to start anew. But, for those in the south, things didn’t seem much different. The southern black experience saw more aggression, lynchings and segregation. As a result, the time to move was imminent. World War I allowed black people to enter the factory workspace as they left the south. As black people migrated, they were able to establish their ow