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Effects Of Race Relations On African Americans In The 1930s

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The 1930’s was a time of many tensions in America. Race relations in the ‘30s presented unfair treatment and perception of African Americans. The effects of the Great Depression and their migration to southern cities led to increased segregation and discrimination of African Americans.

Race relations are forms of behavior which arise from the contacts and resulting interaction of people with varied and cultural characteristics. During the 1930’s there were many races in America who craved their individual rights. The race that sought their rights the most were African Americans. Within the ‘30s the Great Depression was in full swing. No other minority group were affected more the African Americans. Near 1932 more than half of the African

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