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The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt, Jill Watts

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"In 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency with the help of key African American defectors from the Republican Party. At the time, most African Americans lived in poverty in the South, denied citizenship rights and terrorized by white violence. But Roosevelt's victory created the opportunity for a group of African American intellectuals and activists to join his administration as racial affairs experts. Known as the Black Cabinet, they organized themselves into an unofficial council. They innovated antidiscrimination policy, documented the New Deal's inequalities, led programs that lifted people out of poverty and paved the way for greater federal accountability to African Americans and a greater black presence in government. But the Black Cabinet never won official recognition from Roosevelt, and with his death, it disappeared from history. This is its story"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xix, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Prologue
  • Of people and politics, 1908-1932
  • Called to Washington, 1933-1935
  • Thinking and planning together, 1935-1939
  • Fighting on two fronts, 1940-1944
  • Vanishing figures
Isbn
9780802129109
Instance
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The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt
Title
The black cabinet
Title remainder
the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt
Statement of responsibility
Jill Watts
Title variation
Untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"In 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency with the help of key African American defectors from the Republican Party. At the time, most African Americans lived in poverty in the South, denied citizenship rights and terrorized by white violence. But Roosevelt's victory created the opportunity for a group of African American intellectuals and activists to join his administration as racial affairs experts. Known as the Black Cabinet, they organized themselves into an unofficial council. They innovated antidiscrimination policy, documented the New Deal's inequalities, led programs that lifted people out of poverty and paved the way for greater federal accountability to African Americans and a greater black presence in government. But the Black Cabinet never won official recognition from Roosevelt, and with his death, it disappeared from history. This is its story"--
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1958-
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Watts, Jill
Dewey number
323.1196/0730904
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E807
LC item number
.W36 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D.
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • United States
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Label
The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt, Jill Watts
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Publication
Copyright
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  • 31223133268244
  • 31223133267840
  • 31223133267725
  • 31223133267717
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue -- Of people and politics, 1908-1932 -- Called to Washington, 1933-1935 -- Thinking and planning together, 1935-1939 -- Fighting on two fronts, 1940-1944 -- Vanishing figures
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xix, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780802129109
Lccn
2020010249
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1143827730
Label
The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt, Jill Watts
Publication
Copyright
Bar code
  • 31223133268244
  • 31223133267840
  • 31223133267725
  • 31223133267717
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue -- Of people and politics, 1908-1932 -- Called to Washington, 1933-1935 -- Thinking and planning together, 1935-1939 -- Fighting on two fronts, 1940-1944 -- Vanishing figures
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xix, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780802129109
Lccn
2020010249
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1143827730

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