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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785339203321

Autore

Sklaroff Lauren Rebecca

Titolo

Black culture and the New Deal [[electronic resource] ] : the quest for civil rights in the Roosevelt era / / Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009

ISBN

1-4696-0461-2

0-8078-9924-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

323.1196073

Soggetti

African Americans - Intellectual life - 20th century

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

New Deal, 1933-1939

Social change - United States - History - 20th century

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

United States Politics and government 1933-1945

United States Race relations Political aspects History 20th century

United States Cultural policy History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Ambivalent inclusion -- Hooked on classics -- The editor's dilemma -- Constructing G.I. Joe Louis -- Variety for the servicemen -- Projecting unity -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

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