Research Narrative Why Blacks transitioned to support Dem

What were the reasons for African Americans transitioning from support for GOP to support for Dem? When did it happen? Who were the persons behind the transition? Was it a response to policy, or to a promise of policy? Had behaviour of Democrats to black people changed following the civil war? Had the behaviour of GOP changed to black people? Were there material benefits for black people from the shift in support?

40 Acres and a Mule
Compromise of 1877
Booker T Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Robert Russa Moton
Herbert Hoover
FDR
Aspirations of Black people
Following the Civil war, former slaves had had a dysfunctional society, without fathers for some families and with poor education attainment. In 1920s, Black peoples had been growing more prosperous. Since the New Deal, Black peoples have been poorly served by welfare, fractured families and loss of community institutions