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The Great Depression had particularly strong effects on the Black community in the 1920s and 30s, forcing Black women to reckon with their relationship to the U.S. government. Due to the downturned economy, jobs were scarce and Black men were a huge target of the lay-offs, making up a large population of the unemployed during the Depression.
The total number of black people who at some point lived in DeWitty was between 150 and 175. DeWitty reached its population peak of about 150 residents in 1915. Like many other farming communities, it declined in the farming crisis of the 1920s and disappeared entirely during the Great Depression in the 1930s. [8] [9]
Harlem riot of 1943 – disturbance during World War II after a policeman shot and wounded a black U.S. Army soldier. Harlem riot of 1964 – six days of civil disorder that occurred after an African-American teenager was shot and killed by an NYPD lieutenant. List of incidents of civil unrest in New York City
The Great Depression of the 1930s began after the stock market crash in 1929. However, it hit the Black population much harder than Whites. [13] Black people were forced out of their already unskilled jobs. This caused them to face an unemployment rate of more than 50 percent, compared to their counterparts of about 30 percent. [14]
Obama became the first Black president in American history after winning the 2008 election race against John McCain. While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to limit climate change ...
Meier, August and Rudwick, Elliott, Black Detroit and the Rise of the UAW, ISBN 0-19-502895-3. Mullen, Bill and Smethurst, James Edward, Left of the Color Line: Race, Radicalism, and Twentieth-Century Literature of the United States, ISBN 0-8078-2799-1. Naison, Mark, Communists in Harlem during the Depression, ISBN 0-252-07271-5.
The Great Depression hit Black America hard. In 1930, it was reported that 4 out of 5 Black people lived in the South, the average life expectancy for Black people was 15 years less than whites, and the Black infant mortality rate at 12% was double that of whites. [141]
Per Parry, Negro History Week started during a time when Black history was being "misrepresented and demoralized" by white scholars who promoted ideas like the Lost Cause or the Plantation Myth ...