Problem
I. How did national political and economic factors influence the outcome of the "Scottsboro Boys" legal case, and how did this incident in turn influence the politics and race relations of the 1930s?
II. How did the Great Depression affect the status of African Americans in the nation's social, economic, political, and cultural life?
III. Discuss the differences between the tactics and strategies used by the NAACP and those used by the Communist Party to bring about racial and economic change.
IV. In what ways were African Americans especially affected by the New Deal? What were the strengths and limitations of Roosevelt's policies as they applied to African Americans?
V. Discuss the racial implications of changes in American popular culture-including music, movies, and literature-during the 1930s.