The Condition of African Americans in the 1920’s Compared to Amory Blaine During the nineteen twenties, white males had rather adequate opportunities to attend school and get a quality education. Whether it was a small college or a large, prestigious university, it still provided them with an essential tool for the future, an education. On the other hand, African Americans did not have that equal opportunity. The vast majority of African Americans in the nineteen twenties labored in tobacco or cotton fields as sharecroppers. Amory Blaine, though, was just the opposite. Am