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Race Relations in the 1930s
1. Race Relations: Refers to the forms of behaviour which arise from the interaction of people of a different race
2. During the Great Depression
3. More than 50% of African Americans faced unemployment as opposed to the 30% of white Americans
4. African American wages were 30% lower than white Americans'
5. Many white Americans blamed African Americans for the Great Depression
6. African Americans were denied jobs with the Works Project Administration because they weren't allowed to have the same amount of pay as white Americans
Lynch Law
1. Lynching: Punishment or execution, without due process, for real or alleged crimes, bypassing the The law
2. After African Americans were granted full rights of citizenship, many white Americans resented being on equal footing as a black man which led to groups like the Ku Klux Klan adn the Knights of the White Camelia forming
3. Most lynchings were just hangings, but other forms included burning, shooting, beaten with clubs, or even dismemberment
Jim Crow laws
1. During the short period after the civil war, all blacks were freed from their slavery and earned civilian rights
2. Many white Americans, especially those from the south, were enraged adn used their power in local and state government to manipulate blacks into being the "secondary" race
3. The Jim Crow laws lasted from about the 1870s through to the mid 1960s
4. The laws actual intention was to suppress the rights of blacks while appearing to be a means of avoiding conflict between the races
5. When an African American resisted, they were more than often killed, or even lunched
6. A black man could not offer his hand for a handshake. This would imply them being socially equal
7. A black man could not offer any part of his body to a white women otherwise he would be accused of rape
8. Blacks and whites were not supposed to eat together
9. Blacks were not allowed to show public affection toward one another because it would "offend" whites
10. Blacks were to be introduced to whites, never whites to blacks
11. Blacks were to refer to white people with courtesy titles, ie Mr., Mrs, Miss etc.
12. Never assert that a white person is lying!

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