African American’s Struggle for Equality Against Racism. It is claimed in many parts of the United Stated that African- American’s are still struggling for equality against racism. Others claim that the struggle for equality against racism ended with the election of Barack Obama to the Office of President of the United States of America in 2008. However, the struggle for equality against racism of African Americans was an immense battle throughout the twentieth century worsened during the Great Depression of the 1930’s and 40’s due to the Federal Government being too busy in dealing with other issues such as a rate of 24.9 per cent in 1933 and a large government deficit. In the late 1920’s the African Americans were hopeful that their struggle against racism was nearing a successful conclusion when the control of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) changed hands and James Weldon Johnson was elected its’ first black Executive Secretary, which was and to this day remains the most influential position in the organisation. This was the first time in the history of the United States of America that an African American had held a position in such authority and the African American’s hoped that this was to be a sign of things to come. However this was not the case. However no other group of people were more adversely affected by the Great Depression than the African American population. Very few African Americans had much money put aside to help them during the depression and due to this many members of the African American population were evicted from their properties. According to Cheryl Greenberg “the political and demographic changes of the 1930s in the United States of America had a far- reaching impact on the NAACP.” According to another historian, Hamilton Cravens, “Roosevelt’s New Deal did nothing to improve the struggle of African Americans for equality against race discrimination”. In fact the New Deal worsened the struggle for African Americans for equality against racism as Roosevelt was more concerned with tackling economic depression and the high rates of unemployment rather than bringing about racial equality. David Kennedy said “the impact of Roosevelt’s New Deal was so immense that some African Americans associated with the NAACP ended their fight against race discrimination as they believed that it would not ultimately be a successful movement against race discrimination”. It is clear that the treatment of the African Americans by the government did not show a want for equality for African Americans and therefore that African Americans had a monstrous battle on their hands during the period of 1929 to 1941 in their struggle for equality against racism. Not only did the African Americans have a massive battle against the Federal Government in their struggle for equality against racism but they also had a battle against t