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title: "What was the most significant factor in preventing African Americans from advancing economically during the 1950s?"  
description: "What was the most significant factor in preventing African Americans from advancing economically during the 1950s?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43137/what-was-the-most-significant-factor-in-preventing-african-americans-from-advancing-economically-during-the-1950s  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the most significant factor in preventing African Americans from advancing economically during the 1950s? 

What was the most significant factor in [preventing](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2244/issue-preventing-users-from-accessing-facebook-s-social-networking-platforms-has-been-resolved) [African Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home) from advancing economically during the 1950s? \
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