How did the Great Depression and WWII affect the Civil Rights Movement?

Were the 1930s and 1940s a step forward or a step back

for the black race in America?

You need a textbook.

What about the Roaring 20s?

Were they a step forward or a step

back?

Make a prediction

Were the 1930s a step forward or

step back for the black race in

America?

What do you base this prediction on?

Research Activity

Five groups/one per section of Chapter 18.

Post it notes: Identify events, statistics, trends, laws, etc. that help identify the status of blacks in the 1930s.

Stick each note on the step forward or step back board and be prepared to discuss it.

Outcome?

Thesis Statement?

Main arguments?

Supporting evidence?

What did black lose in the 1930s that they had gained in the 1920s?