What path did African Americans and their allies find and/or lose during their 1930s fight for freedom?"The whites were as miserable as their black...

Wright's quote is a phenomenal one.  I think that it
showed how difficult and arduous the path for African Americans were during the 1930s. 
For all Americans, life was difficult.  The grips of the Great Depression were felt by
all Americans.  Mere living on a daily basis proved to be an extraordinary feat.  Adding
to this was that African- Americans were already living through a challenging set of
conditions through racial discrimination.  Add economic disempowerment to this reality
and I think that Wright's closing thought of life "going down the drain" hits the point
directly.  The fight for freedom in the African- American predicament was challenged in
the 1930s for many people in addition to those of color were searching for validation
and a confirmation that their voice mattered.  This becomes how the opening part of the
statement holds validity.  In the end, the fight for racial justice had to be placed in
the context of socio- economic reality.  While people of color might have been
disappointed that their demands were not being met, millions of others Americans from
all backgrounds were feeling much of the same experience.