THE PROBLEM OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES (SECOND HALF OF THE XIX - FIRST HALF OF THE XX CENTURIES)
The article presents an analysis of one of the most complex problems in the history of the United States, which only at first glance is a relatively monolithic country. However, it hides confessional, ethnic and racial contradictions. The life of the American society of the studied period was characterized by racial segregation, which divided society by skin color.