How many African American were unemployed in 1932?
50%
Unemployment at its peak?
13 to 15 million
Dust bowl?
A period of dust storms in mid-west America causing poor crops and drought.
Number of migrant workers
1.3 million
Who created the American Dream
James Truslow book 1931
Meaning of American Dream
If you work hard you will succeed
Women’s dream
Being in hollywood
Racism 1930s
Jim Crow laws
KKK
Lynching
Wall Street Crash
Stock market crash 1929
‘Of Mice and Men’
Poem by Robert Burns refers to the fact that even the best laid plans go to waste. Resonates with the theme of impertant homes and harshness of life for the vulnerable.
NAACP
get rid of segregation
get voting rights for black people
get equal education for black people
Roosevelt
made ‘black cabinet’ to deal with the need of black people