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ProfessorThe reason that this fact is newsworthy is that it is unusual for an African-American to be the first lady
The answer below is wrong. When FDR was president African Americans couldn't vote. Jim Crow laws were in full effect and they were prevented from voting. It won't be until 1965 with the civil rights laws that they could vote.
FDR was a democrat, and most african americans voted republican. *APEX*
Why did civil rights leaders disagree with Marcus Garvey?
Because he was a segregationist, and supported a "return to Africa" by African-Americans.
What tactics use to intimidate African-Americans and whites who supported African-Americans?
There were many horrible tactics used to intimidate African Americans and the non-African Americans who supported them. There were fiery crosses burned in yards, bricks thrown through windows, and people beaten.
Why did Mary McLeod Bethune believe Franklin D. Roosevelt's Black Cabinet represented a step forward for African Americans?
its members went on to fill out important positions with in government
Why did Many African Americans supported Marcus Garvey?
Getting away from discrimination in America.
What African American was born into a free family and the first African American to serve in congress he was a moderate politican who supported both African Americans and whites?
Hiram
