03380nam 2200697Ia 450 991045534020332120200520144314.00-8078-6014-X(CKB)111056486672406(EBL)413274(OCoLC)476236624(SSID)ssj0000112882(PQKBManifestationID)11830380(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112882(PQKBWorkID)10098846(PQKB)10253881(MiAaPQ)EBC413274(Au-PeEL)EBL413274(CaPaEBR)ebr10052965(EXLCZ)9911105648667240620040628d2002 my 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlack politics in New Deal Atlanta[electronic resource] /Karen FergusonChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20021 online resource (352 p.)The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-5370-4 0-8078-2701-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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;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.John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.African AmericansGeorgiaAtlantaPolitics and government20th centuryAfrican AmericansGeorgiaAtlantaSocial conditions20th centuryAfrican American social reformersGeorgiaAtlantaHistory20th centuryElite (Social sciences)GeorgiaAtlantaHistory20th centuryNew Deal, 1933-1939GeorgiaAtlantaAtlanta (Ga.)Politics and government20th centuryAtlanta (Ga.)Social conditions20th centuryAtlanta (Ga.)Race relationsElectronic books.African AmericansPolitics and governmentAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsAfrican American social reformersHistoryElite (Social sciences)HistoryNew Deal, 1933-1939323.11960730758231975.8/23100496073Ferguson Karen(Karen Jane)961230MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455340203321Black politics in New Deal Atlanta2179160UNINA