Political and Cultural Seeds of The Civil Rights Movement Officially beginning in 1929, The Great Depression hit Americans hard, crossing all ethnic, racial, and social barriers. Northern and southern businessmen, urban and rural working classes, men and women alike faced difficult economic battles during this time. As the nation struggled to recover, African Americans relied on their self taught cooperation that had helped them endure the recovery from slavery to make many political and cultural strides …showed first 75 words of 1355 total…

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