During the great depression, the national unemployment rate across the united states peaked at 25%, although the rate in communities was much worse at close to 50%. a) midwestern b) southern rural c) irish-american d) african-american

During the Great Depression, the unemployment rate in African-American communities is estimated to have peaked at close to 50%. Although discrimination was officially outlawed in FDR's New Deal programs, African-Americans were hardest-hit by the depression, since their jobs were often taken away from them and given to whites.

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