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The Klu-Klux-Klan was a group of people in southern USA who focus on white people being superior to black people. If you want to learn more about the KKK read the link below.
https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/Ku-Klux-Klan-A-History-of-Racism.pdf

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African Americans adopted the New Deal and made it their own

African Americans agreed with the way that President Roosevelt dealt with the depression

Discrimination still occurred during the New Deal

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African Americans were affected the most by the Great Depression in the US.

Joe Louis was an African American who was not afraid to stand up to the whites and inspired others.

Philip Randolph- first African American Community President

African Americans liked FDR's intentions and policies.

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FDR issued an Executive Order stating all people regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin, must be allowed to participate in the defense of the US

1936: National Negro Congress aimed to unite the black community

African Americans turned to labor unions in order to find jobs

FDR made African Americans feel like they belong in the US

African Americans liked FDR because he did not discriminate and helped to get new programs.

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TROTTER, JOE W. "African Americans, Impact of the Great Depression on."Encyclopedia of the Great Depression. Ed. Robert S. McElvaine. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. 8-17. U.S. History in Context. Web. 1 Nov. 2016. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/DocumentToolsPortletWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE|CX3404500017&zid=b57acc008e359910d5c24de390bb447b&source=Bookmark&u=sand55832&jsid=a56976450229d50828ec3587a3316250>.

Library Of Congress. "Race During the Great Depression - American Memory Timeline." Race During the Great Depression - American Memory Timeline- Classroom Presentation | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 02 Nov. 2016.

<http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/depwwii/race/>.

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Lynching- 8 (1932) to 28 (1933)

In the south whites “intimidated, attacked, and murdered” blacks

“ ‘The shotgun, the whip, the noose, and Ku Klux Klan practices were being resumed in the certainty that dead men not only tell no tales, but create vacancies.’ ” - contemporary observer

Lynching slowly went down

couldn't get a law passed that stopped it entirely

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1932: 1/2 unemployed

started loosing jobs and hit depression before Great Depression

"Last hired, first fired"    - whites call to fire African Americans           -when whites were unemployed

bookkeepers and runners                   -Employed

depended on public service, relief programs, and government.