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racism
In the early 1930's many races were still treated as inferiors. Not only were African Americans discriminated against but also many of the more oriental groups were treated the same way, more so in the south than the north. White Americans still had a better life than the minorities even though the depression greatly affected them as well. African Americans, despite the rights they were supposed to have, were still -
racism
The 1930's were a turbulent time for race relations in America. Despite the decline of such organizations as the Ku Klux Klan (which had enjoyed renewed support during the 1910's and 1920's) racism was as strong as ever in the Southern states. Furthermore, the increased presence of Black Americans in Northern cities (where many had migrated during WWII and especially during the Depression) resulted in increased tension between the races there as well. -
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Censorship, Racism against Asians in the U.S.,and african americans in WW2
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how racism affected african americans
children were neglected, and women often had their babies in trucks on the side of the road. The institutions reflected the different value base placed on an individual's life. -
the new deal
Many New Deal programs gave black Americans opportunities they had often lacked in the past, while also helping to bring their daily struggles to light for Northerners. Such federal programs as The Federal Music Project, Federal Theatre Project, and Federal Writers project enabled black artists to find word during the depression, often times creating art or stories which portrayed the historic and present situation of blacks in the South -
racism
historians believe the modern civil rights movement began during World War 2. But the increasing acceptance of African Americans in the 1940's happened not because white society suddenly realized the irony of fighting racism abroad while maintaining racism at home. It happened because, as soldiers and workers, African Americans were needed as never before. -
forced to attend residential school
Many Native Americans were relegated to reservations—constituting just 4% of U.S. territory—and the treaties signed with them violated. Tens of thousands of American Indians and Alaska Natives were forced to attend a residential school system which sought to reeducate them in white settler American values, culture and economy, to "kill the Indian, save the man -
NAACP
As America prepared for war, longtime labor organizer A. Phillip Randolph joined with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Urban League to pressure the White House to desegregate the military and defense industries. After an unsuccessful meeting with the president, Randolph and other grassroots activists planned a protest against racial discrimination for June 1941 to be held at the Lincoln Memorial. -
the struggle agains discrimination
As the Nazis began to dominate the European continent, African Americans continued to grapple with the realities of life in a racist society. Jim Crow segregation and its quiet cousin, de facto segregation, ruled the land. Violence undergirded this social structure and prevented blacks from gaining some measure of parity with whites. World War II gave blacks an opportunity to reinvigorate the struggle against discrimination and, coupled with other social and political developments, to change a n -
the dxecutive order was used
To avoid the embarrassment of having 10,000 or more blacks demonstrating in the nation's capital for a chance to work and fight for their country, Roosevelt relented and signed Executive Order 8802. -
the great migration of blacks
The Great Migration of blacks, during the World War I era, from the South to the North and Midwest began a national demographic transformation. The process resumed with vigor in the 1940s as black Southerners flocked to the industrial centers of the North, Midwest, and far West. The build-up for war created new opportunities for blacks in expanding industries, where blacks earned higher wages than in farming or domestic service.
