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There was little difference in genetics of disease between blacks and whites until consideration was made for the factors of environment: cleanliness, education, access to care, and income.

 

 

 

 

 

Black families, half of whom were employed in agriculture as farm tenants or laborers, were especially vulnerable to the shifting conditions in agriculture.  The period until the 1920s was a prosperous time for black farms.  But farming conditions during the 1920s affected all involved in agriculture, especially black farmers that were not land owners.