How the New Deal Left Out African-Americans

Name: How the New Deal Left Out African-Americans
Uploaded: 2018-01-09
Duration: 110782
Description: 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.

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 Smithsonian Channel History