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What did african americans see as an important step to a better life?
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What was Lincolns position on the issue of the suffrage for African Americans?
They were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What were what ways did the African Americans gain power in the south?
While the Fifteenth Amendment ensured that African-Americans could not be denied the right to vote simply because they were African-American, the southern states came up with various ways to disenfranchise blacks.
What was life like for free african americans in the south?
Freedom greatly changed the lives of African Americans in the south. After they became free, they were no longer forced to do work for plantation owners, and could have their own families.
Who devoted life to improving educational opportunities for African Americans?
Mary McLeod Bethune
WHAT was the unemployment rate during the great depression for African Americans?
The Depression did have some sort of effect on the African Americans, but not as much as the White people. During the Great Depression, the African Americans explored more in the arts and literature part of life. They introduced a new type of music to the world... Jazz. They had been somewhat succesful during this time.
How was life for African-Americans in the 1920s?
How was life in the 1920s for African Americans?
What did African American see as an important step to better life?
Slavery
How was life better for African Americans after the Civil War?
They were NO longer owned by others and they could be with famliy and they were in better living conditions in their own homes.
Why do Americans have a better memory of African-American discrimination than Asian-American discrimination?
Many Americans have a better memory of African-American discrimination than the Asian-American discrimination because it seems more real to them to their day to day life.
Why you celebate Martin Luther King Day?
Because Martin Luther king made life better for African Americans.
Who dies younger Mexicans or African-Americans?
African-Americans die younger. During 2010, Mexican life expectancy was of 76.47 years, while African Americans have a life expectancy of only 72.8 years.
How did plantation owners and other white southerners make life difficult for African Americans?
they made life difficult by not hiring the African Americans in there buissnesses
How did slavery affect African American life?
All African Americans were slaves.
What two aspects of culture become most important to enslaved African Americans?
Spirituals and Religion.Strong religious convictions, close personal bonds, and abundance of music helped enslaved African Americans endure the brutal conditions of plantation life.
What was life before African Americans came?
so horrible
How did the life of free African Americans in southern cities?
They did not welcome them.
Which sociologist argues that social class has become more important than race in determining the life chances of African Americans?
William Julius Wilson
