Use the following assigned primary sources to reflect on the experience of African Americans, the Great Depression, and the New Deal: Tenant Farmers Recall the Conditions of Sharecropping in the 1930s; The Negro and the New Deal, (1936); Depression and New Deal Both Hit Black Farmers, (1937). How did racism affect the New Deal and the experience of African Americans during the Depression? Be sure to include evidence from these assigned sources and parenthetical citations. (200 words min)
Use the story of Joe Small and the assigned readings A. Philip Randolph Argues for a March on Washington, (1942) and An African-American Solider Notes the “Strange Paradox of the War, (1944) to reflect on the experience of African Americans during WWII. How did African American men experience WWII differently than African American women? Be sure to use evidence from these assigned sources and parenthetical citations.(200 words min)
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