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Black politics in New Deal Atlanta / Karen Ferguson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferguson, Karen (Karen Jane)
- Series:
- John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
- The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Politics and government--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Social conditions--20th century.
- African American social reformers--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century.
- African American social reformers.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia--Atlanta.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Atlanta (Ga.).
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 opportunities for black Atlantans struggling to achieve full citizenship.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Life at the Margins; 1. The Wheel within a Wheel; 2. The Road Not Taken; Part II: The New Deal; 3. Carpetbaggers and Scalawags; 4. Lifting the Taboo; 5. Unwanted Attention; 6. The New Face of Black Activism; Part III: The New Deal & Local Politics in Black and White; 7. A Jungle World Breeding Jungle Life; 8. A Laboratory for Citizenship; Part IV: Wartime Atlanta & the Struggle for Inclusion; 9. The Inner Wheel Breaks Out; Epilogue: The Politics of Inclusion; Appendix: Tables; Notes; Notes; Notes; Works Cited; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890872951
- 9780807860144
- 080786014X
- OCLC:
- 476236624
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