Black culture and the New Deal : the quest for civil rights in the Roosevelt era / Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sklaroff, Lauren Rebecca.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

New Deal, 1933-1939.

Social change--United States--History--20th century.

Social change.

Art and state--United States--History--20th century.

Art and state.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

United States.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects--History--20th century.

United States--Cultural policy--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1930's, the Roosevelt administration--unwilling to antagonize a powerful southern congressional bloc--refused to endorse legislation that openly sought to improve political, economic, and social conditions for African Americans. Instead, as historian Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff shows, the administration recognized and celebrated African Americans by offering federal support to notable black intellectuals, celebrities, and artists. Sklaroff illustrates how programs within the Federal Arts Projects and several war agencies gave voice to such notable African Americans as Lena Horne, Joe

Contents:

Ambivalent inclusion

Hooked on classics

The editor's dilemma

Constructing G.I. Joe Louis

Variety for the servicemen

Projecting unity

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-299) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908788-1-6

979-88-9313-179-6

1-4696-0461-2

0-8078-9924-0

OCLC:

676697440