Economy
Due to the prejudices against African Americans at the time of war, and the difficulty to find substantial jobs, it was difficult for them to prosper and gain a stable hold in the economy. Majorities were given jobs before minorities, which increased the difficulty to get a job for African Americans: not only did they have to get past the prejudices of their employers and workers, but the vast majority of them were also were given the left-over jobs, the jobs no one else wanted. This resulted in a large unemployment rate for the African Americans: of the 8.2% of the Chicago, Illinois population that were African American, only 2.8% of the work force in DuPage and Cook counties in Chicago, Illinois was African American . This large rate of unemployment on top of the fact that African Americans were charged 3% more for food, 25% more for apartments, and denied a share of the recovery from the Great Depression led to a struggling African American population. They were not able to work and earn the money that they needed for their increased prices.
Left: African Americans are forced to work on military weapons for the source of their income, no other jobs being
available because of the prejudices against them.
Right: An African American is looking for work, but the job he has approached only hires "Whites Only."
available because of the prejudices against them.
Right: An African American is looking for work, but the job he has approached only hires "Whites Only."