Great Depression and New Deal Almanac | Minority Groups and the Great Depression

• Black Americans
• Black Americans and the First New Deal
• Black Americans and the Second New Deal
• Asian Americans
• Mexican Americans
• Mexican Americans during the Depression
• American Indians
• The Indian New Deal
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As difficult as the economic crisis of the Great Depression was for white Americans, it was even harder on racial minorities, including black Americans, Mexican Americans, American Indians, and Asian Americans. In 1933 the general unemployment rate in the United States was over 25 percent; at the same time,...