Which statement describes the impact of the New Deal on African Americans during the 1930s?
It spurred African Americans to join the Democratic Party. Blacks became a key part of the Democratic coalition despite a long tradition of voting Republican since the Civil War. Much of this shift came from the fact that--despite continued discrimination within relief programs--poor blacks received significant benefits from the New Deal, making up 18 percent of aid recipients but only 10 percent of the population.