African Americans In The 1930's

The Negro people in America have been with us here for three hundred years. They have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials until now they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty to the nation that has been a thing of beauty to behold. Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them.’’ -Wyatt Mordecai Johnson (1922) (http://www.blackpast.org/1922-wyatt-mordecai-johnson-faith-american-negro)

The Great Migration brought African Americans moving North in the 1920’s and the 30’s but in the the 1930’s African Americans did not find jobs easily than in the 20s.The Great Migration occurred between 1910 through 1970.Six million African Americans moved out of the country
In the North living conditions were definitely better than the South. The black population of major northern cities grew by large percentages including New York and Chicago. A lot of African Americans flooded the urban areas when they were moving north. Many African Americans found jobs in factories,slaughterhouses and foundries. Most of the African Americans were sharecroppers and tenant farmer gave somewhat a good amount of their crops to the landowner's fields they worked in. Sharecroppers did not have a choice if they wanted to purchase supplies that was needed for them on credit from plantation stores at prices that were excessively high. This created a cycle of debt that increased each passing season. Working conditions were very difficult and sometimes even dangerous.In the 1920’s 800,000 African Americans left the south. (“The Twenties in America” page