African+Americans+and+Women

media type="custom" key="2770655"Despite the decline of such organizations as the Ku Klux Klan, racism was as strong as ever in the 1930's than it ever was before. Many new deal programs gave black Americans opportunities they had often lacked in the past. Such federal programs such as The Federal Music Project, Federal Theatre Project, and Federal Writers project enabled black artists to find a home during the depression. While the South had been solidly Democratic since the Civil War, the Roosevelt administration actively appealed to African-Americans to join their party, thus alienating many Southerners. Obveously the south had the most population of african americans, because they were the slave states. The growing division between Northern and Southern Democrats over the issue of race came to a colision in April 1937, when a brutal fight over an anti-lynching bill took place in the House of Representatives.






 * How African Americans were treated in the 1930's:**

1. Great Depression effected African Americans the most 2. Northern City: whites called for blacks to get fired, so more whites who were out of jobs could get new jobs. 3. African Americans fought for equal pay, educational facilities, and equal protection under the law. 4. limited education, got discriminated, got insulted 5. Since African Americans were discriminated, they used it as an excuse for failure 6. Most were on the outside of mainstream of society and thought that they would never be entering. 7. Segregation was the law in the southern states 8. Usually poorest members of their communities


 * How Women were treated in the 1930's:**

1. Women were fighting for freedom 2. Women were not treated equally 3. Especially african american women struggled through these times because of their race and sex. 4. Were not treated well but they still loved their husbands 5. Not allowed to buy or own anything 6. They did not have much if any power over the men 7. It was esier for black women to find jobs over whit women because people used them as slaves

1. Why did whites call for African Americans to get fired?
 * __Study Guide:__**

2. What are some of the Federal programs that enabled African American artists to have a home during the depression?

3. What did the African Americans use as an excuse for failure?

4. What is segregation?

5. Why could women not buy or own anything once they were married?

6. Why were African Americans considered the poorest in the community?

7. Who had more trouble finding jobs, African Americans or Women?


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