the great amount of both in the South. The most important aspect was that the migration lead to the blacks voting pro-civil rights candidates intoterm (Segregation in the United States 10).The Great Depression also had a major affect on the black population. The Great Depression was a hard time for all Americans, but especially blacks, becoming the single victims of job discrimination. The phrase "Last Hired and First Fired" perfectly expressed the actual conditions of for the blacks at that time. This led to the development of support groups such as the Colored Merchants Association in New York City and "Jobs for Negroes" organization in St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, and New York City. These groups would buy food in very large quantities, which made it cheaper, and also boycotted stores having no or fewblack employees and mostly black customers (African Americans 4).Originally, the Republican Party had remained the party blacks always voted for; the party of Abraham Lincoln and black supporters, while the Democratic Party was the Southern dominated party. However, during the Great Depression this all changed. The blacks felt that Hooverhad done little to try to end the Depression. Therefore, the next election, most blacks abandoned their traditional votes, feeling that the Republican party was no longer the party of Abraham Lincoln, yet the party of Hoover. Instead, they supported Roosevelt of the Democratic Party, helping him win reelection (African Americans 4).Roosevelt had a plan called the New Deal which was used to reform, relieve, and recover, and benefited many blacks. It included new agricultural policies, public work projects, the building of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the rural electrification programs which helped bothblacks and whites by providing jobs and electricity for them. Many laws were passed as well, regulating working hours and wages, which raised the living standards for all races (Segregation in the U...
