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The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt
- Title
- The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt / Jill Watts.
- Author
- Watts, Jill, 1958-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2020.
- ©2020
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- Description
- xix, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- 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"--
- Alternative Title
- Untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt
- Subject
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 > Relations with African Americans
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945
- 1900-1999
- African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century
- African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century
- African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 20th century
- Race relations > Political aspects
- African Americans > Economic conditions
- African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc
- African Americans > Politics and government
- Politics and government
- Relations with African Americans
- United States > Race relations > Political aspects > 20th century
- United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Informational works.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue -- Of people and politics, 1908-1932. Remembrance ; Turning the picture of Lincoln to the wall -- Called to Washington, 1933-1935. Will the New Deal be a fair deal? ; A Black cabinet ; Factions -- Thinking and planning together, 1935-1939. Star-led ; We belong here ; Things are happening ; Thwarted -- Fighting on two fronts, 1940-1944. Keep 'em squirming ; Mobilization ; Mighty struggle ; Last of the brain trusters -- Vanishing figures. No resting.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-341
- ISBN
- 9780802129109
- 0802129102
- LCCN
- 2020010249
- OCLC
- 1143827730
- Author
- Watts, Jill, 1958- author.
- Title
- The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt / Jill Watts.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Creator/Contributor Characteristics
- Gender group: WomenOccupational/field of activity group: History teachersOccupational/field of activity group: University and college faculty members
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN MARCOS. EXAMINES FORGOTTEN GENERATION OF BLACK LEADERS.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-341