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the New Deal of Roosevelt and the GI
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Bill helped to create the American
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middle class after World War II but
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black Americans again were largely
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excluded from these benefits the Social
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Security Act of 1935 for example
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excluded domestic and agricultural
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workers positions predominantly held by
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none other than black people at the time
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similarly discriminatory practices
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prevented many black veterans from
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accessing the educational and housing
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benefit of the GI bill this exclusion
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from the ability to create wealth either
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via home ownership or a high-paying job
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means black families have less or no
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wealth getting passed down from
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generation to generation income
