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White elites, cast out of power and facing policies that threatened their economic hold on the state, launched a campaign that they knew would drive black and whites apart. They called it a campaign of “white supremacy,” and sought to unite whites of all economic backgrounds in hatred of black people.

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By 1925, more than 2.5 million Americans had joined the Ku Klux Klan, with more than 115,000 members in Alabama. The Klan labeled African Americans as "savages". Black Alabamians who had achieved middle-class status, often professionals such as physicians and educators, found themselves the target of Klan violence. Most African Americans tried their best to avoid the Klan and sometimes ignored acts of Klan violence that they witnessed.

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White population= 1,700,844
African-American population= 944,834
Urban population= 744,273
Rural population= 1,901,975
Cotton production in bales= 1,312,963
Corn production in bushels= 35,683,874
Number of manufacturing establishments= 2,848.

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During the 1930's African Americans were heavily mistreated. Many were throw in jail for things they didn't do. For example, in "To Kill a Mockingbird" the book focuses on the unfair trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman.

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Segregation in Alabama was worse than any other states. Jim Crow Laws (laws that promoted racial segregation in Southern United States) were strongly enforced. The blacks lived in one part of town and the whites lived in another and all of the schools, churches, and most public places were segregated as well.