Title Black politics in New Deal Atlanta / Karen Ferguson

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 336 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. Contents The wheel within a wheel: black Atlanta and the reform elite -- A road not taken: the radical response to the Great Depression -- Carpetbaggers and scalawags: the new politics of the new deal -- Lifting the taboo: the Black New Deal in Atlanta -- Unwanted attention: Black workers and the New Deal -- The new face of Black activism -- A jungle world breeding jungle life: the white campaign for slum clearance and public housing -- A laboratory for citizenship: the Black campaign for slum clearance and public housing -- The inner wheel breaks out: wartime Atlanta and the urban league Summary In 1932, Atlanta had the South's largest population of educated African Americans. However, Jim Crow's dictates meant they were almost entirely excluded from public life. Ferguson shows how Roosevelt's New Deal opened up oppportunities for black Atlantans struggling to acheive full citizenship Analysis Humaniora Historie Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-326) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Politics and government -- 20th century African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Social conditions -- 20th century African American social reformers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century Elite (Social sciences) -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Georgia -- Atlanta HISTORY -- State & Local. New Deal, 1933-1939 African American social reformers African Americans -- Politics and government African Americans -- Social conditions Elite (Social sciences) Politics and government Race relations Social conditions SUBJECT Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations Subject Georgia -- Atlanta Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2001059836 ISBN 080786014X 9780807860144

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