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How were African Americans treated during the Great Depression?

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ISBN 9780742551886

The subject is about African Americans in the Great Depression.

On page 73 it says although the communist party in this period called for a popular front strategy of working with liberal groups including the Democratic Party so they could talk about African Americans civil rights

On page 86 they talk about of the angry protests become a full blown riot, causes dozens of injuries and hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage caused by they riots

On pages 92 and 93 it says while poor whites housing costs amounted to approximately a quarter of their income, while black families more than half of there entire earnings on rent

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Lynch, Hollis. "African Americans". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/topic/African-American. Accessed 28 March 2025.

In the first paragraph it states the Great Depression worsened the air break economic situation of African Americans they were first to be laid off and suffered from an unemployment rate of two to three times of the whites

Also in the first paragraph it says in early public assistance programs African Americans often received substantially less aid than whites

Again in the first paragraph is claims some charitable organizations even exclude black people from their soup kitchens

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“Last Hired, First Fired: How the Great Depression Affected African Americans | History.” History.Com, History.com, 18 Apr. 2018, www.history.com/articles/last-hired-first-fired-how-the-great-depression-affected-african-americans.

In the first paragraph it says while no groups escaped the economic devastation of the Great Depression, few suffered more than African Americans. Said to be last hired and first fired.

On the third paragraph is says prior to Great Depression African Americans worked primarily unskilled jobs,

And on the sixth paragraph is says from the Great Depressions earliest days African Americans mobilized to protest for greater economics, social and political rights

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These just a very few facts about how Africans Americans were treated during the Great Depression

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This the cover of the book I used for some of my facts but truly take a look at the picture and look at the difference between the whites and the blacks

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And this is just a picture of a young boy. Look how ruff shape is clothes are in.

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https://youtu.be/qHQH8hiy6nY?si=dqvnTDl81ELVIjMq

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African Americans and the Great Depression

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African Americans during the Great Depression

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English II