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In the separate Jim Crow world of black and white, minorities managed to build institutions, secure professional positions and achieve class status, as well as create and enjoy their own leisure activities. While dismantling Jim Crow, these blacks created a world that had a structure and a pulse; however, their ordered arrangement was completely inconsistent with how whites viewed integration. As blacks stepped out of 'Nigger Heaven,' many found themselves fighting for non-existent work positions, social mobility, and respectability in a white man's hell. Thus, as blacks successfully managed to peel back the layers of Jim Crow, it became clear that the forces of northern racism proved extremely complex. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]