How the New Deal Left Out African-Americans

During the Great Depression, unemployment among African-Americans was twice that of whites - mostly due to segregation. One rare opportunity came on the Pullman sleeper trains, where most of the porters were black.

[robinlaurence]

Thank you for these beautiful images. Reminds me of my grandparents!

[Surrfathi]

Every human being deserves to be happy no matter what colour or faith you are.🥰

[elizabethworley]

I would love to use this in my class, but it gives me no closed captioning option and that's a must for ADA requirements. Please update videos so educators can use them.

[andrewlikestrains]

Additionally this was also when the FHA started redlining.

[sazgarmuhammad]

so shamefull to people past, we are all Human

[khafreahmose]

History is one of the keys to survival.

[Lese]

is this a trailer of a longer episode we can watch on t.v or youtube?

[liljdub]

I love how people are posting this is fake/race baiting when they are simply posting videos and describing life at the time. If you think this is attempting to push any kind of "agenda" you're whats wrong.

[ileenrandle]

WE STILL WANT OUR REPARATION 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏽

[prodblbb]

this video told me about as much as mary mcleod bethune told me last year -_-

[indridcole]

Conservatives tell us none of this happens

[loopslytle]

Things are getting better, but still have a long way to go. I have been fighting the racism in America since the mid-70s. Things have greatly improved since then, but it seems my generation needs to die off before equality has a real chance. Most people in my generation (I am 59) are great people, but enough are still caught in ignorance and bigotry that more progress will be too slow. In twenty years or so, most of us will be gone and hopefully things will be much better. There will always be bigotry, but I believe in the next few generations to step up and make us all proud. Happy New Years to all! Make 2018 a great year. 2017 has been a year of hatred and bigotry. I like to call 2017 the year of the orangutan.

[handle]

A lot of those porters died millionaires is what is some elders told. They were able to send their kids to college and so forth. Just proves what hard work and real fair justice can do for it's people.

[Dravidiangangster]

african american were very beautiful Natural than today

[benjamincapotosto]

FDR had no choice southern democrats had a huge position in congress.

[robertwilliams]

Why is there so much energy for police shootings and none for this.sad. 😒

[JK-gutl]

So government discriminated while the private sector provided better opportunities.

[timmorris]

Democrat Party is responsibe for this treatment of blacks

[Shonia]

And racism is getting better.😂😂😂😂 are you serious?🙄🙄

[thesovereignofdawn]

Trumps favorite time in American history this is his version when "America was great"