The Importance Of Whit Life In The 1920's

Throughout history, life as an African American was always laboursome and painful. Since the early years of slavery to the later years of segregation under Jim Crow laws, blacks had been pushed around by basically anyone who was not black or by those who viewed themselves higher than everybody else. African Americans have struggled to make a living because they had great difficulty in locating a job, let alone one that paid them a decent profit. Because of the racism that corrupted Americans, blacks were not considered part of society. They struggled by themselves without much help from others like thev have been doing for centuries. A great example of the hardships that the African American community faced is the era of the Great Depression. During the Great Depression everybody struggled, but nobody struggled as greatly as the African Americans. The lives of African Americans were different from …show more content…
The growth of the economy brought new jobs and those new jobs brought better opportunities for everyone, especially the white community . This prosperous time period was known as the “ Roaring Twenties.” Businesses all over boomed as well as the fine arts, musical arts, theater, and film. The 1920’s was one of the most prosperous periods in American history. One of the biggest reasons why the Great Depression was so difficult for so many people was the fact that they went from a time of prosperity and luxury to a time of despair and extreme poverty. (15)
The lead into the Great Depression started after World War I. The economy was booming thanks to the numerous demands on the war products insisted by the army. But when the soldiers returned home they needed jobs,fast, and the demand for war products slowed, which caused many Americans to lose their jobs because the need for war products had greatly slowed. Thus the unemployment rate was slowly creeping higher and higher.