Problems African American People Faced During The 1930's

The New Deal's goal was to curb the hard times the American people faced during the 1930's. Especially, African Americans they had it worst. There was no job for blacks to find and as black people seeking jobs escalated. Also, were the increasing difficulties black workers had to face. The whites had to face only the suffering from unemployment they did not have to deal with racism like African Americans. African Americans unemployment reached about fifty percent, double the amount of whites. Unemployed white people needed to vent their anger and they vented on blacks. They were even angrier that blacks were getting jobs before white people and they went out there way to prevent it. White workers rallied against slogans like “No jobs

for Niggers Until Every White Man has a Job.....Niggers, back to the cotton fields—city jobs are for white folks.” The white workers were furious especially southerns. It got to point where words were not enough for whites. They took action and it got violent. The most violent scenes that took place by united white workers and a group called railroad brotherhood. They intimidated, attacked, and killed black fireman just so they can take their jobs. Many black fireman lost their jobs in the south. Black women also suffered forced to work for working-class white woman at terrible wages as little as five dollars full time laborers in the north. These were, but few of the events that happen during the hard times. Until the New Deal, African American men voted mostly for republicans to show loyalty to the party of Abraham Lincoln . But, republicans were not helping the blacks during these hard times. They needed a new directions and that was the democrats. The republican administration Herbert Hoover did little to aid the poor. However, one of the most democratic shift occurred in 1936 at the end of Roosevelt administration. By then, 75 percent of black voters supported democratic. The leading cause was Roosevelt spending programs like the New Deal to help relief not only blacks, but all Americans from the depression. Now, this is where the so called idea goal of the New Deal ends. I have researched many of my sources on the New Deal. My research paper won't cover the New Deal itself. My thesis is on how racism and Roosevelt's refusal to get involved led to the downfall of the New Deal. I will break it down to three points to show why