Not much has changed, my grandparents told us stories about the Great Depression. But they had a small homestead/farm and picked up seasonal jobs when available. They never trusted banks and kept their few dollars hidden somewhere in the barn. The family worked together and that’s the only reason they made it without losing their land. I was blessed to be raised by them, they taught me a lot.
and who runs federal banks? it isnt whitey from the north, and whitey from the south was just as poor as anyone else black or white. so who runs the banks? who owned the ships? It wasnt whitey...hes just the useful idiot.
Black Folks have been catching extreme hard times through out history all over the world. But we always prevail through the many major struggles in our way. The Ancestors was a strong💪🏾 group of people.💯
We still live three generations to a household. That’s how you get your weight up. Children don’t leave until they marry or are able to. No forcing. We all take care of one another.
That's how my parents and gramdmothers raised me i:m doing the same with my son & daughter they are in their early 30's and i'm not forcing them to move they move when ready
We live in Chicago and my granny told me stories of white people jumping off buildings because they were poor. She was like we just kept on living 🤷🏾♀️
The "white people jumping out of buildings" were stockbrokers, financiers, the very wealthy, whose lives & values were all about their riches, not family, not religion, nothing else.
Yes I Clicked On This As Soon As I Seen The Title I've Never Heard How We Survived Depression & I Always Wondered That Racism Was Horrible For My Ancestors It's Always AMAZING How We Find Ways To Rebuild 💪💪💪
He is the only one..I never gotten a historical narrative of how black Americans dealt with the Great Depression..other historical narratives focused on white people, particularly immigrants!! I wondered how Black Wall Street would've maintained during the Great Depression if it wasn't destroyed 8 years prior to the start of the GD.
My father was 15 when the Great Depression hit. In the 1980s I asked him about it. "We barely noticed it. We hunted and grew food so we were fine." This was in the rural midwest. My mother grew uo in DC and her parents worked for white folks so there was always work. I think the impact of the GD hit blacks less harshly than a lot of whites b/c when you're already at the economic bottom, you already have some survival skills. This was the point of view of my late parents who had me late in life. I think this video grossly over inflated the immediate political impact and help to average black folks during the Great Depression, but of course one's geography at the time. For the most part, people then were on their own to survive, like we will be when the upcoming Great Depression II hits us much harder in this decade. Few of us can hunt, fish, grow veggies or have chickens, or know how to can our food or have a wood burning stove.
I have always believed that black americans can and have survived things like the great depression. Blacks were always behind the eight ball, because of this, blacks were forced to adapt, be creative or die and it worked.
I had a 93 year old neighbor lady who I always went to visit and we talked for hours she once told me that her family survived the depression because they grew their food sharecropping and farm animals such as chickens, pigs , etc,
My grandparents had an apple orchard. They were already self sufficient during the depression so it was nothing new to them. Natural homesteading. They didn't take on debt. They served many meals to those hungry. My mother ate apple everything growing up; apple pies, apples raw, apple bread, apple sauce. We had a barrel of apples to eat as a snack during the winter. She made the best apple pies, but she didn't really eat apples as an adult. Unless, she made a pie. She said she had her share as a kid. My grandmother made the best cider and grape juice. Plant fruit trees, share/barter with your neighbors. Don't get loans, be in debt to no one. Pay off your debt to have freedom. How people survived the depression.
Black history IS American history & should be emphasized year round, not just 1 month. Likewise the battle for civil rights didn't begin in 1950s, it revived there. That fight began before there even was a USA. How ironic that civil rights laws were passed in 1960s to finally enforce laws that had been in place on the books since the reconstruction era! Many blacks disgruntled with Republican "establishment" patronizing & indifference, ACTUALLY voted for Woodrow Wilson, a known segregationist & southern white supremacist! An alleged "progressive" democrat who vowed the concerns & interests of America's negroes would be a "top drawer" priority in his administration (he lied!) Also, progressive Republican & former prez Teddy Roosevelt ran as a 3rd party candidate against incumbent Howard Taft, splitting the republican vote. Once in office Wilson & his cronies did all they could to "roll back" what civil rights gains had been achieved since reconstruction.
O sheesh and God busy with creating all those ppl for nothing? God must been weirding out creating all those ppl who arent his ppl 😂 faaa yuuu and what u stand for.
This is a wonderful channel! I subscribed! My grandfather was born in the early 1900 and my great grandfather in the late 1800s. I met BOTH of them. My grandfather told me there were things "he couldn't tell me about!" They were so horrific.😮💨 However, by the Lord's will and incredible hard work he and my grandmother made it. I'm glad we're STILL here. We have a alot of work to do! ✊🏿👋🏽👨🏽⚕️
I shared this Excellent Documentary on my Facebook page as REAL HISTORY. Watching your well put together documentation of our people struggles had me thanking my ancestors for their sacrifices which has afforded me a life. With lynchings being an American Caucasian sport, a lot of generations were cut off during those dark years.
This needs to be shown on Netflix and played in high school for young blacks. Each one teach one. The struggle was real back then. Hell, what African American or person of color believe that if it (depression) occurs again in this USA that they would be exempt from racism and job discrimination. You’ll get that N wake up call 4-sure. Make no mistake about it, they will take care of their own first in each state. If you want to know future study the past.
In some sectors of black UA-cam...there are those saying that this time in our history things were great and blacks were doing better than ever before. Of course, those who knew history better knew that was crazy but there are those who believe this. Excellent job in elucidating this history and breaking it down the way it needed to be.
We were better off because we had each other's back and blakkk peepl were on code and proud!!! Everybody was married and taking care of the family and the community nobody was following cardi B no1 was following Megan the stallion and all this LGBT homosexual foolishness in the blakkk community wasn't a issue because we knew better and now common sense and logical thinking and love is a foreign concept u must not understand our plight 💯
When I was in the 4th grade in the 80’s, we had to do a project on the Depression. We were to ask our grandparents about their lives during the Depression. My (Wf) teacher was disappointed by my grandfather’s response: He did very well, so well-in fact-that he bought his first Ford. He made parts for AMF all his life, since leaving the Navy. His family was part of the Blk upper middle class until he became ill and had to work less.
I remember asking my dad before he died in his 80's. How did you feel when you saw signs that said white's only? He said it didn't bother him because he never wanted to be bothered with them anyway. By the 70's when I was born, they had a new plan in mind.
YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD READING VOICE. THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. I HAD BEEN WONDERING WHY THE GREAT DEPRESSION ONLY SHOWED PHOTOS OF CAUCASIAN MALES.
My Dad said there was no job applications . They looked at you to see if you was healthy. Also he said the highest grade level was the 8th grade. My dad said he had to find signs that read for Colors only.
Excellent research and commentary about this period in American history! Please produce more relevant content regarding the Black experience in America!
@@countryboi all the way from Paris FRANCE your channel gives me so much insight about the black american experience. I love it. Keep up the good black work !!!!
Oh I understand, this is one of the reason why I wanted to do this video, because I felt like African Americans had been poorly represent during the Great Depression. Thank you so much for your support!!
Despite being from Lowcountry South Carolina St George South Carolina Texas community according to him by Jim Croce despite the Great Depression and all of that they really didn't have much issue my great-grandfather was respected and feared even whites knew not to mess with him or his kids . He said he never grew up feeling inferior to whites, nor did he fear them . Even though he is quite Darkskinned ( and very handsome ) He never had any issues outside of his siblings calling him Ug ( short for ugly because he was the darkest of the boys). Anyway, he said segregation jimcrow, all that didn't really affect them like many others. He said and I quote " MY daddy told us AINT NO WHITE PERSON BETTER THEN YOU NOR ARE YOU BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE . YOU RESPECT YOURSELF THEY WILL AND HAVE TO RESPECT YOU" Two things they can't take away your mind and your self respect. With that being said 3 uncles went to ww2 ( all came back) and when my Grandfather was old enough to enlist during the Korean War he did but got dishonorable discharge for knocking out a white officer who called him a Nigger lol ( WE ARE SO PROUD OF THAT STORY) .
Thank you for making this video. Black history is usually only briefly mentioned, if at all. Your voice tone and enthusiasm also makes it a really interesting video.
The Great depression didn't effect the black man that much because black people were going through a depression when they started the reconstruction.. Not only did the federal government gave back land the Freedmens aquired from the Union, The federal government, after President Lincoln allowed European Americans to do anything they please with the Freedmens. As a matter of fact this is part of the major reason why the southern ex slaves migrated to the North. In the northern states, it was no better. For the Europeans in the northern states didn't wanted the black people in the south living anywhere among them.. Instead of the national government issuing land to the free black people who were liberated from bondage, they were overlooked and land was giving to the immigrants. But black people had to endure the a position of having no economic background,no shelter over their heads and watch their social status with the Europeans. I was reading the book of Malcolm X were he said that him and his family had to eat dangilions in order to stay alive. So imagine other African Americans situations all around the United States. What this man is talking about is probably what those who were more fortunate then the majority of black people living on this land. But I gaurentee that the majority of our people suffered tremendously regarding the so called great depression. Because they had from the beginning were oppressed, depraved and deprived of everything that mankind could have. Especially their human rights. The African Americans in those days treated worse then a cockroach being spotted in the home of an owner who happens to live in the house and being stepped on just because the owner sees it. This is the ordeal black people had suffered before and after the depression. As a matter of fact these atrocities are still happening till this day.
They're lying to you. Happy and prosperous people have fun. Apparently that's the brown skinned natives. The European colonizers were struggling and miserable. Misery loves company and they sure came to visit.
My grandparents were depression era kids. Grandpa grew up in NJ, he said it was tough and had hungry days, but he said those who lost everything had a tougher time than those who didn't have anything to lose, they were used to the struggle already... granny grew up on farm in Virginia she said was too young to know the difference between good/bad times. But she said definitely remembers many people coming to the farm and working for a few days in exchange for food, or wood supplies...
My great grandmother and her family and neighbors didn't see a difference during the depression because they lived where they had their own animals and were able to eat their own grown food. Also, people need to be weary of the same things in politics now. The democratic and the republican parties are still the same. Neither one have done much to help Black/melanated people. People say leave the Democrat Plantation just to go to another (republican) plantation because they think "massa e-a betta o'er dare." We need to leave both parties alone and do something better.
@@natsusatsujinki8342 And in 60+ years how many of those years were Republican Presidents in office? How many of those years have the congress been Republican led? It doesn't matter the party, none of them are going to do anything in our favor. We can't trust the government. We must do it for ourselves and stop depending on massa.
There’s a very good book titled “ The Forgotten Man” it’s a book made of hundreds of letters sent to President FDR from people asking for help, one chapter is letters from ADOS members. It’s a great book, B1 ✊🏾
Thank you for shedding light on African American history during the Great Depression. This is very important especially in these times when there are a lot of attempts to deny people from acquiring knowledge about the African American history in the US, which to me is a concerning sign of authoritarianism - something that is characteristic of policies of populist right wing parties globally. The word "socialism" has had bad reputation for a long time in the US but not so much here in Europe; leftist parties are very inflluential in many European countries. As one can learn from the video, the political left has always emphasized equality and worked against racism and any form of discrimination. The goal of the political left is about maintaining social cohesion in the society and seeing capital as a means to keep things stable rather than as an end goal in itself.
The key difference between extreme right wing & extreme left wing political ideology is much narrower than you may think. They both want to "enslave" you socially & economically out of political motives! Malcolm X understood that.
Thanks for the info bro. Is always disheartening listening to their triumphs in our losses. Makes you wonder how did they ever get the upper hand on us. But in the present day we need to be independent. Start your own business support black businesses is the key 🙏🏾
My grandparents said Black people stuck together and shared with their neighbors. They seemed to feel Blacks fared better than whites at least in the North. Statistics actually support that.
I like the video. It's shows there's nothing new under the sun. That peoples behaviors towards us never changed just hidden. And if you don't learn your history you'll repeat it
My grandparents were rather well off. They had an African -American Domestic. Her husband worked the Railroad. The Depression hit and that beautiful lady helped them even though she no longer worked for them. Her dear husband worked through the depression on that railroad. God bless them all.💕👍🙏
👍👍👍👍 AMEN. The same devil that implemented the 1st GREAT DEPRESSION is implementing the 2nd in 2023, and it is global, and he is not going to discriminate.
Thanks brother for spreading these great and informative videos I truly appreciate it..I’ve grown to like our history so much but rarely did detailed videos like yours keep up the good work‼️💪🏾🫡
Ralph Bunche is pronounced Bunch. The e is silent. Keep up the excellent work. Roosevelt didn't give a damn about minorities. It was Eleanor that pushed him to assist in those areas.
America is the mystery Babylon of Revelation chapter 17 and 18. Seek God to show you. Also, Jeremiah 50 and 51. Seek the Lord personally for guidance on how to survive. Ultimately, spiritual preparation is above all.
I Agree. A lot of black people, including myself, don't identify as African American because we aren't immigrants. My American lineage goes back to the 1800s.
The most important thing that should be on everyone mind currently should be to invest in different sources of income that doesn't depend on the government. Especially with the current economic crisis around the word. This is still a good time to invest in various stocks, Gold, silver and digital currencies
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I never heard my Grandparents or any other Black ppl who were alive during the Great Depression ever even talk about it. Nothing changed for Black ppl during the Great Depression, because Black ppl were only one step out of slavery. Black ppl were poor before the Great Depression and they were poor afterwards.
If this should happen in the 21 cent what would it look like when the level of dependency on state purse is much larger? Can you please provide information on how we could survive a crisis of that magnitude. History is a reference point to make decisions for the future otherwise a weapon of distraction destruction.
Great question. Since ppl can’t even handle a slight inconvenience (speaking for myself too in some instances) I think there will be a lot more suicides, theft and murder. Or with the tech and info we have, it won’t be as bad. The thing they had that we don’t really any more is community and think that will be what makes it even worst for ppl
African Americans had it so tough since they arrived in America & this is why we are more stronger then most. This world is crazy man. Only if things could of been different. But we’re survivors. I don’t believe no one should struggle but the struggle has thought me to be tougher unfortunately, I’m survivor in today times.
Glad its 2023 and i got my ish together 5 years ago mastered my trade and making a good living. Good to know history but bad to allow its repeat. No more excuses to not be successful, even in a down economy. Make adjustments and long winded choices.
Excellent posting! When i was younger many family told me of Depression Era & how miserable it was for many folks. Bottom line? Worst mistake we can make is putting our trust in men & their political machines. Most blacks back then were not stupid, they knew the history of Dem Party & what it stood for. They voted for FDR out of economic concerns. They'd also voted for Wilson (you know what that got them. Perhaps you can do an article on him, 1 of the most racist presidents of 20th century.) Yes, some of the Republicans patronized & took us for granted. They weren't worth shooting either.
We weren’t known as African American in those days! If a person is speaking history ,they should use the terms they’d used in those times! That’s kinda helping erase history! However, Great story
Hearing about the shit in Chicago and then hearing about this totally washed the bad taste from my mouth from the craziness our ppl are doing in Chicago. We are strong and resilient ppl. I love all races that love me back but black ppl are something else, has to be a reason why we are targeted. I know we cause some of our down falls but there has to be a reason why we face so much hate
Have you heard what Iman Shafiei says is coming this summer? Kevin Trudeau is saying the same thing. BTW I be dropping knowledge too y'all, here on UA-cam and on Twitter and Facebook. Same username. Hollering at all y'all, loud and proud from the one and only; the Magnificent; Fresno, California 🌴🇮🇹🦖👽
Do you have anything on the manifestation of human beings in the midst of present-day mankind with hope of a future beyond the Milky Way? Or a 21st-century lesson?
Not much has changed, my grandparents told us stories about the Great Depression. But they had a small homestead/farm and picked up seasonal jobs when available. They never trusted banks and kept their few dollars hidden somewhere in the barn. The family worked together and that’s the only reason they made it without losing their land. I was blessed to be raised by them, they taught me a lot.
Exactly we had our money under the mattress
You’re correct, it’s like the depression is cycling back around on a different level. Politics still the same 😔
Black people don’t work together like our ancestors did.
That last sentence is everything!
and who runs federal banks? it isnt whitey from the north, and whitey from the south was just as poor as anyone else black or white. so who runs the banks? who owned the ships? It wasnt whitey...hes just the useful idiot.
Black Folks have been catching extreme hard times through out history all over the world. But we always prevail through the many major struggles in our way. The Ancestors was a strong💪🏾 group of people.💯
Most would have folded off of what My people went through. ..
It Makes
Me Proud, sad, and angry all at once. ..
Blk people history is repeating itself as we live.😏
Wake up young people and study your blk history.
Deutoronomy 28.
Except when we were rulers, many years before we were enslaved.
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We still live three generations to a household. That’s how you get your weight up. Children don’t leave until they marry or are able to. No forcing. We all take care of one another.
That's what I'm talkin' about! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Agreed
That's how my parents and gramdmothers raised me i:m doing the same with my son & daughter they are in their early 30's and i'm not forcing them to move they move when ready
That’s great!
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We live in Chicago and my granny told me stories of white people jumping off buildings because they were poor. She was like we just kept on living 🤷🏾♀️
Wow..some were offing themselves after the housing bust of 2008-09!
exactly.
Fax!!
The "white people jumping out of buildings" were stockbrokers, financiers, the very wealthy, whose lives & values were all about their riches, not family, not religion, nothing else.
Very interesting
Your the only channel who talks about what the African Americans people went through in the Great Depression. Thank you, I learned so much.
I was just asking this question two days ago. Thank you so much for this.
*indigenous Americans
Yes I Clicked On This As Soon As I Seen The Title I've Never Heard How We Survived Depression & I Always Wondered That Racism Was Horrible For My Ancestors It's Always AMAZING How We Find Ways To Rebuild 💪💪💪
American Indians who were mis classified being called African Americans and they used Messy Jackson to push the African American Agenda
He is the only one..I never gotten a historical narrative of how black Americans dealt with the Great Depression..other historical narratives focused on white people, particularly immigrants!! I wondered how Black Wall Street would've maintained during the Great Depression if it wasn't destroyed 8 years prior to the start of the GD.
My father was 15 when the Great Depression hit. In the 1980s I asked him about it. "We barely noticed it. We hunted and grew food so we were fine." This was in the rural midwest. My mother grew uo in DC and her parents worked for white folks so there was always work.
I think the impact of the GD hit blacks less harshly than a lot of whites b/c when you're already at the economic bottom, you already have some survival skills. This was the point of view of my late parents who had me late in life.
I think this video grossly over inflated the immediate political impact and help to average black folks during the Great Depression, but of course one's geography at the time.
For the most part, people then were on their own to survive, like we will be when the upcoming Great Depression II hits us much harder in this decade. Few of us can hunt, fish, grow veggies or have chickens, or know how to can our food or have a wood burning stove.
Exactly we didn’t know there was a depression
I have always believed that black americans can and have survived things like the great depression. Blacks were always behind the eight ball, because of this, blacks were forced to adapt, be creative or die and it worked.
We were protected then and in these last days, you are still protected.
I agree with you
We are strong today because of the strength our ancestors instilled in us paving the way as we go for the next generations to come🙏💝😇💎🦋💫💯
I had a 93 year old neighbor lady who I always went to visit and we talked for hours she once told me that her family survived the depression because they grew their food sharecropping and farm animals such as chickens, pigs , etc,
Absolutely
My grandparents had an apple orchard. They were already self sufficient during the depression so it was nothing new to them. Natural homesteading. They didn't take on debt. They served many meals to those hungry. My mother ate apple everything growing up; apple pies, apples raw, apple bread, apple sauce. We had a barrel of apples to eat as a snack during the winter. She made the best apple pies, but she didn't really eat apples as an adult. Unless, she made a pie. She said she had her share as a kid. My grandmother made the best cider and grape juice.
Plant fruit trees, share/barter with your neighbors. Don't get loans, be in debt to no one. Pay off your debt to have freedom. How people survived the depression.
Facts
That's what I'm talking bout
You better learn how… we’re heading there soon and I believe people will starve this winter.
black history is always left out of this nation's experience, but many were here generations before whites/immigrants. good video.
Thank you so much, I’m trying to tell our story one video at a time.
Only if we leave ourselves out. We don't have to get got this time.
@@countryboi appreciate you so much for the help
Wayyyyyy b4 pink folks
Black history IS American history & should be emphasized year round, not just 1 month. Likewise the battle for civil rights didn't begin in 1950s, it revived there. That fight began before there even was a USA. How ironic that civil rights laws were passed in 1960s to finally enforce laws that had been in place on the books since the reconstruction era! Many blacks disgruntled with Republican "establishment" patronizing & indifference, ACTUALLY voted for Woodrow Wilson, a known segregationist & southern white supremacist! An alleged "progressive" democrat who vowed the concerns & interests of America's negroes would be a "top drawer" priority in his administration (he lied!) Also, progressive Republican & former prez Teddy Roosevelt ran as a 3rd party candidate against incumbent Howard Taft, splitting the republican vote. Once in office Wilson & his cronies did all they could to "roll back" what civil rights gains had been achieved since reconstruction.
no one tells the stories of AAs during this time. Thank you.
Thank you for listening to my content, the goal for my channel is to tell those stories that no one else is telling.
To bad the NAACP doesn't actually help people anymore.
We are a resilient people. We are God's people!
Facts!!
All praises to OUR Most High Father God!
🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Hebrew israelites
O sheesh and God busy with creating all those ppl for nothing? God must been weirding out creating all those ppl who arent his ppl 😂 faaa yuuu and what u stand for.
We couldn't even stand in the soup kitchen lines, thank you for telling our history ❤️
Hoover days is what my Grandma used to call it...she and my Grandfather had 8 kids during hoover days. They were sharecroppers in NC.
I hope ppl watching are paying attention, especially to the ending leading to war, is exactly what’s happening now.
This is a wonderful channel! I subscribed! My grandfather was born in the early 1900 and my great grandfather in the late 1800s. I met BOTH of them. My grandfather told me there were things "he couldn't tell me about!" They were so horrific.😮💨 However, by the Lord's will and incredible hard work he and my grandmother made it. I'm glad we're STILL here. We have a alot of work to do! ✊🏿👋🏽👨🏽⚕️
I wish he would’ve told u. Those things must not be forgotten. Much love to you and yours!
@@korionterivers9995 There were some things that were just TOO painful for him to discuss.
I shared this Excellent Documentary on my Facebook page as REAL HISTORY. Watching your well put together documentation of our people struggles had me thanking my ancestors for their sacrifices which has afforded me a life. With lynchings being an American Caucasian sport, a lot of generations were cut off during those dark years.
This needs to be shown on Netflix and played in high school for young blacks. Each one teach one. The struggle was real back then. Hell, what African American or person of color believe that if it (depression) occurs again in this USA that they would be exempt from racism and job discrimination. You’ll get that N wake up call 4-sure. Make no mistake about it, they will take care of their own first in each state. If you want to know future study the past.
In some sectors of black UA-cam...there are those saying that this time in our history things were great and blacks were doing better than ever before. Of course, those who knew history better knew that was crazy but there are those who believe this. Excellent job in elucidating this history and breaking it down the way it needed to be.
Exactly this guy is using Marxist ideology
We were better off because we had each other's back and blakkk peepl were on code and proud!!! Everybody was married and taking care of the family and the community nobody was following cardi B no1 was following Megan the stallion and all this LGBT homosexual foolishness in the blakkk community wasn't a issue because we knew better and now common sense and logical thinking and love is a foreign concept u must not understand our plight 💯
When I was in the 4th grade in the 80’s, we had to do a project on the Depression. We were to ask our grandparents about their lives during the Depression. My (Wf) teacher was disappointed by my grandfather’s response: He did very well, so well-in fact-that he bought his first Ford. He made parts for AMF all his life, since leaving the Navy. His family was part of the Blk upper middle class until he became ill and had to work less.
@@KamalasNotLikeUs Many people suffered during the Great Depression..hence why it was called the Great Depression..
I remember asking my dad before he died in his 80's. How did you feel when you saw signs that said white's only? He said it didn't bother him because he never wanted to be bothered with them anyway. By the 70's when I was born, they had a new plan in mind.
YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD READING VOICE. THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. I HAD BEEN WONDERING WHY THE GREAT DEPRESSION ONLY SHOWED PHOTOS OF CAUCASIAN MALES.
My Dad said there was no job applications . They looked at you to see if you was healthy. Also he said the highest grade level was the 8th grade. My dad said he had to find signs that read for Colors only.
Scholarly work. Kudos to you sir.
Excellent research and commentary about this period in American history! Please produce more relevant content regarding the Black experience in America!
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed and I’m working to produce more content on the black experience
This is very relevant to today! Black Americans could learn from this to avoid suffering during this current recession.
All of us can share. My great grandparents raised and educated me. And I am 80 now.
@@countryboi all the way from Paris FRANCE your channel gives me so much insight about the black american experience. I love it. Keep up the good black work !!!!
My great grandmother and her generation said that life remained the same for them
YET THEY F0RCE US TO PAY THE SAME TAXES!!!
No not the same. The tax codes are racist and designed to give whites an advantage as well. Blacks pay more taxes.
I was glad to see some one point out what blk people went through during this time
Oh I understand, this is one of the reason why I wanted to do this video, because I felt like African Americans had been poorly represent during the Great Depression. Thank you so much for your support!!
Despite being from Lowcountry South Carolina St George South Carolina Texas community according to him by Jim Croce despite the Great Depression and all of that they really didn't have much issue my great-grandfather was respected and feared even whites knew not to mess with him or his kids . He said he never grew up feeling inferior to whites, nor did he fear them . Even though he is quite Darkskinned ( and very handsome ) He never had any issues outside of his siblings calling him Ug ( short for ugly because he was the darkest of the boys). Anyway, he said segregation jimcrow, all that didn't really affect them like many others. He said and I quote " MY daddy told us AINT NO WHITE PERSON BETTER THEN YOU NOR ARE YOU BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE . YOU RESPECT YOURSELF THEY WILL AND HAVE TO RESPECT YOU" Two things they can't take away your mind and your self respect. With that being said 3 uncles went to ww2 ( all came back) and when my Grandfather was old enough to enlist during the Korean War he did but got dishonorable discharge for knocking out a white officer who called him a Nigger lol ( WE ARE SO PROUD OF THAT STORY) .
It all starts with self respect, respect for others, & knowing who you are as a man or woman. He must've been 1 helluva man!
Mad respect to him !!!
Sounds like an honorable discharge to me 🤣🤣
Thank you for making this video. Black history is usually only briefly mentioned, if at all. Your voice tone and enthusiasm also makes it a really interesting video.
Sounds like what going on now.
The Great depression didn't effect the black man that much because black people were going through a depression when they started the reconstruction.. Not only did the federal government gave back land the Freedmens aquired from the Union, The federal government, after President Lincoln allowed European Americans to do anything they please with the Freedmens. As a matter of fact this is part of the major reason why the southern ex slaves migrated to the North. In the northern states, it was no better. For the Europeans in the northern states didn't wanted the black people in the south living anywhere among them.. Instead of the national government issuing land to the free black people who were liberated from bondage, they were overlooked and land was giving to the immigrants. But black people had to endure the a position of having no economic background,no shelter over their heads and watch their social status with the Europeans. I was reading the book of Malcolm X were he said that him and his family had to eat dangilions in order to stay alive. So imagine other African Americans situations all around the United States. What this man is talking about is probably what those who were more fortunate then the majority of black people living on this land. But I gaurentee that the majority of our people suffered tremendously regarding the so called great depression. Because they had from the beginning were oppressed, depraved and deprived of everything that mankind could have. Especially their human rights. The African Americans in those days treated worse then a cockroach being spotted in the home of an owner who happens to live in the house and being stepped on just because the owner sees it. This is the ordeal black people had suffered before and after the depression. As a matter of fact these atrocities are still happening till this day.
They're lying to you. Happy and prosperous people have fun. Apparently that's the brown skinned natives. The European colonizers were struggling and miserable. Misery loves company and they sure came to visit.
My grandparents were depression era kids. Grandpa grew up in NJ, he said it was tough and had hungry days, but he said those who lost everything had a tougher time than those who didn't have anything to lose, they were used to the struggle already... granny grew up on farm in Virginia she said was too young to know the difference between good/bad times. But she said definitely remembers many people coming to the farm and working for a few days in exchange for food, or wood supplies...
First time listening really enjoyed this brother!
thank you so much for your support!
My great grandmother and her family and neighbors didn't see a difference during the depression because they lived where they had their own animals and were able to eat their own grown food.
Also, people need to be weary of the same things in politics now. The democratic and the republican parties are still the same. Neither one have done much to help Black/melanated people. People say leave the Democrat Plantation just to go to another (republican) plantation because they think "massa e-a betta o'er dare." We need to leave both parties alone and do something better.
Let them at least Mayne try voting red for 2 to 4 years? Over 60+ years voting democrat and look where y'all at.
@@natsusatsujinki8342 And in 60+ years how many of those years were Republican Presidents in office? How many of those years have the congress been Republican led? It doesn't matter the party, none of them are going to do anything in our favor. We can't trust the government. We must do it for ourselves and stop depending on massa.
There’s a very good book titled “ The Forgotten Man” it’s a book made of hundreds of letters sent to President FDR from people asking for help, one chapter is letters from ADOS members. It’s a great book, B1 ✊🏾
wow. my daughter never knew what we went through :(
this is why this platform is so important, so we can teach each other.
Why didn't she know?
@@jacklynnmjackson2383 Maybe because she went to the SAME school as you want to,,lol,,,.
@@tneita3166 You could be addressing the mother, not me
@@jacklynnmjackson2383 Jacklyn,i take it that YOU was "thought"that at your school,,,.lol,,,.
Thank you for shedding light on African American history during the Great Depression. This is very important especially in these times when there are a lot of attempts to deny people from acquiring knowledge about the African American history in the US, which to me is a concerning sign of authoritarianism - something that is characteristic of policies of populist right wing parties globally.
The word "socialism" has had bad reputation for a long time in the US but not so much here in Europe; leftist parties are very inflluential in many European countries. As one can learn from the video, the political left has always emphasized equality and worked against racism and any form of discrimination. The goal of the political left is about maintaining social cohesion in the society and seeing capital as a means to keep things stable rather than as an end goal in itself.
The key difference between extreme right wing & extreme left wing political ideology is much narrower than you may think. They both want to "enslave" you socially & economically out of political motives! Malcolm X understood that.
I believe we faired just fine we been through hard times all our lives
Thanks for the info bro. Is always disheartening listening to their triumphs in our losses. Makes you wonder how did they ever get the upper hand on us. But in the present day we need to be independent. Start your own business support black businesses is the key 🙏🏾
My uncle grew up in these times and he said he was a bootlegger and that’s how he survived
Da CD man 😂
Thank you very much for this rich content! I will certainly share it and not just for the so called Black History Month!
We should’ve listened to W.E.B. Dubois
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i have been searching for this topic to learn from for a long time. this is just now popping up in my suggestions. thanks so much !
My grandparents said Black people stuck together and shared with their neighbors. They seemed to feel Blacks fared better than whites at least in the North. Statistics actually support that.
I'm watching this because we're about to go through this again, but even worse. Smh
yup
I like the video. It's shows there's nothing new under the sun. That peoples behaviors towards us never changed just hidden. And if you don't learn your history you'll repeat it
Appreciate the knowledge! Been looking for resources on the past in order to prepare for the current times
My grandparents were rather well off. They had an African -American Domestic. Her husband worked the Railroad. The Depression hit and that beautiful lady helped them even though she no longer worked for them. Her dear husband worked through the depression on that railroad. God bless them all.💕👍🙏
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African American Domestic? White people lmfao
Oceans of blessings y'all
I'm white and my grandma said the great depression was awful. She had dresses made out of flour sacks. Nobody had money. Her family was poor as well.
👍👍👍👍 AMEN. The same devil that implemented the 1st GREAT DEPRESSION is implementing the 2nd in 2023, and it is global, and he is not going to discriminate.
Thank you!! This was very well done.
Thanks brother for spreading these great and informative videos I truly appreciate it..I’ve grown to like our history so much but rarely did detailed videos like yours keep up the good work‼️💪🏾🫡
Wow. Blown away by this content. More of this please!
Ralph Bunche is pronounced Bunch. The e is silent. Keep up the excellent work. Roosevelt didn't give a damn about minorities. It was Eleanor that pushed him to assist in those areas.
FDR was the politician and he needed the votes of the Southern Democrats. Like JFK.
I head black peoples say , black peoples were already in a Great Depression
There is a good book on the Great Depression that is out of print titled : The Invisible Scare ..... I think the author name is Caroline Bird.
Thanks!
We're NOT AAs. We NEVER were. We've always been here....
Great presentation.
America is the mystery Babylon of Revelation chapter 17 and 18. Seek God to show you. Also, Jeremiah 50 and 51.
Seek the Lord personally for guidance on how to survive. Ultimately, spiritual preparation is above all.
Excellent work. Appreciate you bro ✊🏾
Excellent!
I’m so glad I found your channel.
I hope we don't ever experience a depression like this ever again
Me either bro, but let’s get educated so we can have some sorta of leg up if it happens again and it might
@@xavierjones6852 exactly man Im with you on that. 💯
WE were not referred to AA during those times. Please use the language of the eras
Negro? Colored?
Never
No AA was not used then n****r was (.proud AA here (do native Americans except your (they had black slaves )
I Agree. A lot of black people, including myself, don't identify as African American because we aren't immigrants. My American lineage goes back to the 1800s.
@@riaa8689Facts mine go back to 1700s I’m a Black American from Arkansas never been to no Africa 😂
I just happened upon your video and IMMEDIATELY subscribed ❤ thanks you Sir!
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Thank you for sharing this!
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I never heard my Grandparents or any other Black ppl who were alive during the Great Depression ever even talk about it. Nothing changed for Black ppl during the Great Depression, because Black ppl were only one step out of slavery. Black ppl were poor before the Great Depression and they were poor afterwards.
That's not true. Not at all.
If this should happen in the 21 cent what would it look like when the level of dependency on state purse is much larger? Can you please provide information on how we could survive a crisis of that magnitude. History is a reference point to make decisions for the future otherwise a weapon of distraction destruction.
Great question. Since ppl can’t even handle a slight inconvenience (speaking for myself too in some instances) I think there will be a lot more suicides, theft and murder. Or with the tech and info we have, it won’t be as bad. The thing they had that we don’t really any more is community and think that will be what makes it even worst for ppl
Will be severe riots, gun murders, looting etc
Excellent job!
Very good job...Ralph Bunche is pronounced "Ralph Bunch."
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Excellent information!
Very good
African Americans had it so tough since they arrived in America & this is why we are more stronger then most. This world is crazy man. Only if things could of been different. But we’re survivors. I don’t believe no one should struggle but the struggle has thought me to be tougher unfortunately, I’m survivor in today times.
New Sub.. Thank you brother.
Lol, I talked to my great grandparents about this decades ago, and they said they didn’t know it was happening.
Right! Black people survive hard times like we always do, and that is we keep on moving
I find your channel very interesting and informative
Well done thank you
And that’s why my great grandparents never trusted banks.
Great video
Come unto me as you are, and I will give you rest!
I am not black. But I am not white. I am sadden to what white American has done to your history
They are headed there again so what we gon' do black folks staying here again for a second time in modern times..or leave!
Personally I got out of Dodge in 2019.
@@obbiebeal3060 my 🥷
Thank you
i am very interested in learning our true history
I love this let black people tell our story not white
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Without the mark, you won't be able to buy, sell, or trade, and you own nothing on this land!!
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Glad its 2023 and i got my ish together 5 years ago mastered my trade and making a good living. Good to know history but bad to allow its repeat. No more excuses to not be successful, even in a down economy. Make adjustments and long winded choices.
And back then the black community was still more tight knit with fathers in the home and less crime.
They wasn't calling our people
"African American" we ain't African
Been in American longer than any group
We are indigenous to America
it depends. my granny said they didnt have anything to lose. nothing changed
Excellent posting! When i was younger many family told me of Depression Era & how miserable it was for many folks. Bottom line? Worst mistake we can make is putting our trust in men & their political machines. Most blacks back then were not stupid, they knew the history of Dem Party & what it stood for. They voted for FDR out of economic concerns. They'd also voted for Wilson (you know what that got them. Perhaps you can do an article on him, 1 of the most racist presidents of 20th century.) Yes, some of the Republicans patronized & took us for granted. They weren't worth shooting either.
Dane Callaway said during the depression,we were prospering,(don't know if that's true or not).
I’m not African American. I’m a Black American Freedman
Do you mind if I share some clips from your vids on my tik tok ?!
We weren’t known as African American in those days! If a person is speaking history ,they should use the terms they’d used in those times! That’s kinda helping erase history! However, Great story
Hearing about the shit in Chicago and then hearing about this totally washed the bad taste from my mouth from the craziness our ppl are doing in Chicago. We are strong and resilient ppl. I love all races that love me back but black ppl are something else, has to be a reason why we are targeted. I know we cause some of our down falls but there has to be a reason why we face so much hate
The lost tribe of Judah.
Have you heard what Iman Shafiei says is coming this summer? Kevin Trudeau is saying the same thing. BTW I be dropping knowledge too y'all, here on UA-cam and on Twitter and Facebook. Same username. Hollering at all y'all, loud and proud from the one and only; the Magnificent; Fresno, California 🌴🇮🇹🦖👽
Do you have anything on the manifestation of human beings in the midst of present-day mankind with hope of a future beyond the Milky Way? Or a 21st-century lesson?
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