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

• Autore: Sklaroff Lauren Rebecca
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.1196073
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1933-1945; United States Race relations Political aspects History 20th century; United States Cultural policy History 20th century
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Black culture and the New Deal
• ISBN: 979-88-9313-179-6; 1-4696-0461-2; 0-8078-9924-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818899703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II