The 1930’s was a time of distress. In the South there was continuous racism and discrimination to the blacks. In the South the blacks were unable to have the same privileges as the whites. They were discriminated on the streets, trains, public buildings, bathrooms, water fountains, etc. There were not many jobs at the time for blacks and because of slavery the blacks were forced to work in the fields. Because of the depression most of the citizens were poor and could not afford much. At the time slavery was illegal and the blacks were free but they were not equal. They needed to find a job but there were no high paying jobs at the time for a black person. The blacks worked for the whites in the farm. This was almost the same as slavery but
During the early 1920s the Great Depression took place. The Great Depression affected many people's lives. The immigrants caught the worst of it. They had just come from another country and were trying to start their new lives when the depression hit. They had to struggle once more with poverty and desperation in taking care of their families, the main reason they had left their old countries was to escape the same epidemic that was now overtaking ?the land of the free?. Immigrants, such as the Jewish immigrants, had to live in poverty-stricken ghettos without the necessities they needed to live healthy lives. The 1920s was the time of rapid change, it was the time of risque fashion, it was the time of which that if you were rich and had all the latest fashions then you were ?in? but if you did not then you were an outcast.
Blacks during this time period worked predominantly in the fields planting and harvesting Tobacco. They worked long hours and were likely to be sold at some point in their lives. This separated families and kept morale very low. Plantation slaves were also subject to brutal punishments because they weren’t regarded as having high value. However, with the onset of the Revolutionary War, the British invited blacks to join the British Army and in return, they would receive their freedom. Thoughts of wholesale desertion of slaves to the British regiments created a fear that swept throughout the colonies and led colonists to allow blacks to fight for the local militias and even the army.
In the nineteenth century African-Americans were not treated as people. The white men and women treated them as pieces of property rather than people. Throughout this time those men and women fought for their own independence and freedoms. However none of these freedoms happened until the late 1800’s. The black men and women of this time never got the opportunities to earn money or have property of their own.
Free blacks from the south were facing many situations from the whites from the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws were to prevent free blacks and other non-whites from being able to vote and have a voice within the government. Laws and statements were established such as the Grandfather Clause, which would prevent anyone whose grandfather could not vote from voting. Since the majority of blacks grandfathers did not vote and was not even free, free blacks in the south were denied the right to vote. Free blacks were now being denied any privilege that non slaves (whites) already had. Their "freedom" was only from slavery, now they realized that they were still a slave to the world. Also during this time blacks were being discriminated against and the lynchings of blacks were occurring. Blacks were becoming endangered and feared for their lives.
The social conditions throughout the era were extremely poor. Legal discrimination was around and African Americans were denied democratic rights and freedoms. The southern states would pass strict laws to normalize interactions between white people and African Americans. For example, Jim Crow signs were placed above regularly visited places by everyone, such as water fountains, public facilities, door entrances and exits, etc. Even the most basic rights such as drinking from a water fountain was taken away from African Americans. They would also have separate buildings for African
Back in the early 1800’s, America was having a hard time accepting others. The Americans did not like having immigrants living in the same area, and they really hated when immigrants took their jobs. Many Americans discriminated against African Americans even if they were only ⅛ African American. Americans were not ready to share their country and some would refuse to give people the rights they deserved. This can be seen in the Plessy vs Ferguson and Yick Wo vs Hopkins. In Plessy vs Ferguson, Plessy was asked to go to the back of the train because he was ⅛ African American.
Blacks in the south were not free. Southern blacks were forced to work all day for no pay. As soon as the sunrise the slaves had to work until sunset. Blacks in the south had no choice to take a day off or not.
Another disadvantage black Americans faced in the 1950’s was not being allowed to vote, white Americans intimidated then into not voting and even if they still weren’t intimidated blacks would have to pass a test to be able to vote and the majority of black Americans couldn’t write or read because they were uneducated this was because there were very few only ‘coloured’ schools and more no ‘coloured’ schools so their were very few educated non-white Americans. In the only black schools they had bad equipment and lowly qualified teachers so the education standard for black students was bad. Jobs were also segregated because white Americans were given high paying jobs that were usually easy and enjoyable whilst black Americans were given hard manual labour jobs with very low wages, this meant they lived in ghettos and slum neighbourhoods which had very high crime rates.
To start, 1920s-30s were mainly about the children's change from working to learning. In the 1920s children in the city were seen by society as adults that needed to be working. Rural kids worked on their farms as soon as they could. This was expected
Overall, life in the 1930s for the black people was very difficult as they were pressured and pushed around as if they were animals.
The 1920's was a time of change in the United States. “The Roaring Twenties” had an outstanding impact on the economy, social standards and everyday life. It was a time for positive results in the industry of consumer goods and American families, because of higher wages, shorter working hours, and manufacturing was up 60% in consumer goods. But it was also a time of adversity and opposition for others, such as immigrants and farmers. Immigrants had lots of competition when they were looking for work and they weren't treated fairly by Americans, depending on where they came from and what they believed. Farmers were paid very little because the price of food kept going down, they also had the Dust Bowl to worry about. African Americans became further infused with mainstream America during the Harlem Renaissance. They were also able to organize and elect officials who would make life better for them. The Roaring Twenties was a very exciting time to live in and we can all learn what the real world is like, and how we can prepare to be ready for it, today and in the future.
During this time period, slavery was very common in the colonies, but not everyone believed slavery was okay. In the North, many people wanted to abolish slavery, while in the south, they felt as if slavery was an important factor because it helped their economy. Their living conditions were extremely different as well. The northern slaves worked hard, but they were indoors working in factories. On the other hand, the slaves
Race relations are defined as ways in which people of different races living together in the same community behave toward one another. The United States has struggled with race relations since the beginning. There has been white and Chinese, white and Vietnamese, and white and black conflicts throughout our history. During the time of Reconstruction, race relations between the whites and blacks was strained at best. Three popular men of this time wrote about these relations and offered keen insight in their publications. Dubois, Wright, and Myrdal shared their views on race relations during the 1930s-1940s in America. Race relations between African Americans and whites following Reconstruction resulted in dramatic changes and has had a lasting impact on society today.
The fight for equal working rights can be tracked back to the time of reconstruction with the institution of sharecropping. Sharecropping is a type of farm tenancy that developed after the Civil War in which landless workers farmed land in exchange for farm supplies and a share of the crop (Foner A-63). This system seemed like a decent thing to many blacks because now they could own their own land and work without supervision. Not all aspects of sharecropping were good though, blacks had to provide clothing, medicine and pay for medical bills all on their own. Also the working conditions were not the greatest. Blacks were expected to labor ten hours a day on average in the winter and summer and any time that was lost would be at the cost of one dollar per day (“A Sharecropping” 12). This was just the beginning of harsh working conditions and low wages which would continue to be a concern for workers throughout the years.
Throughout our lives we will all experience discrimination in one form or another. It is a still a major concern in modern times but in the 1930’s there was an extensive amount of discrimination occurring. We see this in the fictional novel of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ written by Harper Lee and the historical non-fiction film ‘The Imitation Game’ directed by Morten Tyldum which were both set around the era of the 1930’s to 1940’s. There are many different forms of discrimination that differ between both texts, but there are many that are comparable. Through the characters of Boo Radley in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and Alan Turing in ‘The Imitation Game’, we see that they are segregated as a result of their disabilities. A common feature of sexism