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The Dust Bowl was a number of severe and dangerous dust storms that destroyed farm lands and agriculture.  Farmers could no longer grow crops as the land turned into a desert. Areas of Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas were all affected by the dust bowl. By 1932, approximately half of African Americans were out of work. In some Northern cities, whites called for African Americans to be fired from any jobs as long as there were whites out of work.  White farmers also had a hard time , Many crops were damaged by deficient rainfall, high temperatures, and high winds, as well as insect infestations and dust storms that accompanied these conditions.

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Plessyv. Ferguson was a legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court put forward the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine, according to which laws mandating racial segregation in public accommodations were constitutional provided that the separate facilities for each race were equal. The Plessy v. Ferguson verdict placed the doctrine of “separate but equal” as a constitutional justification for segregation, ensuring the survival of the Jim Crow South for the next half-century.

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"Jim Crow" was a ridicule and and derisive slang term for a black man. Jim Crow Laws began as "Black Codes'' after slavery was abolished due to the 13th Amendment. Jim Crow laws were created by white Southerners to enforce racial segregation all throughout the south. Due to the Jim Crow Laws,  whites only” and “colored” signs were put up across the South at water fountains, restrooms, movie theaters, swimming pools, and public schools.Jim Crow Laws had an impact on African Americans, African Americans who tried to challenge segregation faced arrest or violence. Segregated facilities on all public transportation carriers made it more difficult for black citizens to travel. Also, because of the segregated transportation systems, it also made it harder for them to get around and travel as well.

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The Ku Klux Klan was a group that was organized after the Civil war to initiate white supremacy. The Ku Klux Klan was started right after the Civil War in 1866. The Southern establishment of white men took charge by passing discriminatory laws known as the black codes. These cods gave whites almost unlimited power. The KKK masked themselves and burned black churches, schools, and terrorized black people.The Ku Klux Klan was formed as a social club by a group of Confederate Army veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1865-66. The klan instilled fear using secrecy, intimidation, violence, and murder to prevent formerly enslaved African-American men from voting. Black officeholders and their supporters were especially targeted.

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The Stock Market Crash and The Great Depression

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The Stock Market Crash and The Great Depression

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The stock market crash is also referred to as the great crash which contributed to the great depression.  The Great Depression of the 1930's made the economic situation of African Americans much worse than it already was. They were the first to be laid off from their jobs, and they suffered from an unemployment three times that of whites. After the stock market crash, low paying jobs either went away or were filled by desperate whites in need of a job

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Lynching is the act of killing someone( usually hanging) without a legal trial. Lynching is the murder of a black person (usually by hanging) without due process. During these lynchings, black people would be hanged, decapitated, burned alive, and even sometimes tortured. The Jena six was a case that took place in Jena, La. In this case six black students were arrested after a brutal school fight where a white student was beaten.  The six black students were charged with attempted murder, they also faced up to 100 years without parole.