If someone were to be fired from a company the African Americans were the first to be let go which caused an unemployment rate up to three times that of whites. Because of segregation they received less aid from charitable organizations. Overall they suffered economically and socially more than their white counterparts. The 1930’s were a turbulent time for race relations in America. For more than two hundred years before the Civil War‚ slavery existed in the United States. Before there was no need
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The Decade of the 1940s Nickenha Ashley History of Psychology Dr. Specht November 20th‚ 2013 The 1940s was a great period of well-known events in history. One of the most important events of the decade was World War II‚ which basically ruled the 1940s. World War II started on September 1‚ 1939 beginning with the German invasion of Poland; and Britain and France declaring war on German two days later. It was the most costly and destructive war in history and its effects‚ for good and
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differences and structure inequalities. Race divides people through categories which led to cultural and social tensions. It also determined inclusion‚ exclusion‚ and segregation in U.S society. Both inclusion and exclusion tie together to create the overall process of segregation — one notion cannot occur without resulting in the others. Segregation is a form of separation in terms of race that includes the processes of inclusion and exclusion. Race was the main factor that caused conflicts among people in
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The 1940’s was a big turning point for America‚ not only because of the war‚ but also changes in the interaction of the people and music of the time. The war embedded a sense of patriotism for the people and also helped industry start to move to its state in our economy it is today. Jazz changed the way the American people interacted and also how they took their minds off the stress of day to day life. The Forties was also a transformative time for jazz in how they were arranged to the addition of
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of blacks in the South because of legalized segregation‚ voting restrictions‚ and the Separate Car Act and the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision helped further segregation with supporting separate-but-equal laws‚ stated that the Separate Car Act was constitutional‚ and it made segregation legal. The Jim Crow affected the daily lives of blacks in the South because of legalized segregation‚
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Wicked Witch of the West. In “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” the Wicked Witch of the West represented segregation in the South. During the time this book was written‚ segregation had be the usual in the South. This book was written in 1900. During the early 1900s‚ slavery had of course been abolished‚ and blacks were considered “separate but equal”. Racism had played a great role within segregation of African Americans in the South. The South had numerous laws to dehumanize blacks. The legislature
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Segregation and segregation laws After the 13th Amendment passed by the Congress on January 31‚ 1865 ‚slavery in America was abolished. All the Southern States agreed to the 14th Amendment by 1870‚ which guaranteed equal protection under the law to all citizens. Unfortunately‚ this “equal” was only an apparent status. Trough violence a terrorist gang named “Ku Kux Klan” kept black people from voting and supporting the govern ‚ spreading danger and fear. The old white Redeemer govern regained
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appropriate given so-called natural differences of racial groups. As made evident by the existence of both segregated and integrated churches‚ the world views that buttress each spiritual community have maintained for quite some time. There is segregation in today’s religious groups. As Martin Luther King Jr’s assertion‚ that Americans most segregated hour is 11am Sunday morning. I agree‚ why is it that blacks are with blacks‚ Hispanics with Hispanics‚ Asian Americans with Asian Americans? I never
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goo was what they used for jell to slick their hair back‚ which gave the shiny glossy look you see in most photos from the 1940’s. Some teenage boys would rock the “longer locks” look‚ like The Beatles‚ and would be claimed “rebels” or “punks” due to the difference since originality wasn’t as accepted back in that time. Shoes- The footwear that girls wore in the 1940’s were – Oxfords‚ pumps‚ sandals and boots (high shoes.) Clogs also existed around the time period but weren’t very comfortable
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Between 1938 and 1940‚ the Kindertransport was one of the biggest inventions in Germany. During this time‚ Germany was under invasion by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Children and their families were trying to find the fastest and safest ways to get out of Germany and away from the danger of the Nazis. The Kindertransport was founded and put together by the British Government to bring Jewish children out of Nazi Germany‚ Austria‚ and Czechoslovakia. Jewish organizations inside the Greater German Reich
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