... a result, there was a huge increase in advertising (in 1914, for example, $250 million was spent in advertising in magazines. This figure had doubled by 1919 and reached $3 billion by 1929). The radio, with its commercial breaks, and the cinema, were new means of reaching the public with ... pay was low, but better than in the South. Living conditions in the city ghettoes were often dreadful, however hostility from the white population was strong. Black Americans generally remained poor and were victims of racial discrimination. In many states there was segregation (separate seating fo...

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