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African Americans in the 1930s

Posted on December 27, 2017 by petrel41

This video from the USA says about itself:

How the New Deal Left Out African-Americans

26 December 2017

During the Great Depression, unemployment among African-Americans was twice that of whites – mostly due to segregation. One rare opportunity came on the Pullman sleeper trains, where most of the porters were black.

From the series: America in Color: The 1930s.

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OIKOS™-Redaktion on December 27, 2017 at 9:14 pm said:

Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.

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Rohvannyn on December 28, 2017 at 2:15 am said:

Interesting video. Unfortunately, the “New Deal” was pretty bad for everybody.

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- petrel41 on December 28, 2017 at 8:27 am said:
  
  It brought improvement for millions of people (unfortunately, not for all) after the depression of President Hoover and his ‘Hoovervilles’.
  
  Fascists planned a coup d’état against Roosevelt:
  
  US millionaire’s plan for fascist coup against Roosevelt in 1934
  
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C. S. Hammond on April 29, 2018 at 4:33 am said:

Thank you for posting! 🙂 https://caramelandchocolatehomeschool.wordpress.com/blog/

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- petrel41 on April 29, 2018 at 5:32 am said:
  
  My pleasure 🙂
  
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