What were the attitudes towards black people in America during the 1930s?

Answer 1

As a consequence of the Civil War and Reconstruction, whites in the South had developed a segregated society. African Americans were relegated to a separate "coloured" class (along with most non-Caucasian citizens) and given separate public accommodations, usually of an inferior nature. While the Northern US had few of these societal barriers, de facto segregation occurred in the urban and rural populace. Among unskilled whites, competition for employment with blacks generated racial tension which occasionally caused open hostilities between the races.

Black people were forced to give up their seat on a bus and also made to step off the sidewalk for white people. They were always the last to be hired and the first to be fired for any job, making employment difficult to find and keep.