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Chicago South Side During and after World War II many changes took place in America, but one of the most significant changes that occurred was the racial tension between blacks and whites. Chicago was especially one of the cities that experienced such extreme tensions. Many southern blacks moved into Chicago, and became mostly dominated by blacks and other minorities while whites started to move into the suburbs of Chicago. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s the black population grew more than fifty percent. With all of these people moving into Chicago there had to be more housing, and there were many houses built to accommodate all the people. At one time the city tore down slums and have public housing built in the black ghetto. Many of the blacks wanted to escape these ghettos so some of them tried to move into the white communities. When the blacks tried to move into the white communities they were often threatened to evacuate by white mobs. The blacks of Chicago had to fight for a place to live and also overcome other various racial hurdles. Hansberry does a great job depicting the Younger