In what ways did the US federal government facilitate segregation and inequality through redlining? How were the ‘Red’ areas described and how did these descriptions reflect racist assumptions? How were the four ‘Negro’ areas of Miami described? How was St. Petersburg area D7 described? What reasons might you give for the fact that the 1930s […]
What is the story told in Aaron Douglas’s Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery through Reconstruction (1934)?
What is the story told in Aaron Douglas’s Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery through Reconstruction (1934)? a. The emancipation of enslaved African Americans through the Civil War and their move towards positions of political power threatened by the KKK b. The importance of song and dance to African Americans living under Jim Crow laws in the Southern USA c. The […]