African Americans & the New Deal
{"Image DocumentName": "African Americans & the New Deal", "Image ImageDescription": "Not hostile, but not much to advance them. Reinforced patterns of discrimination. Less pay, less skilled jobs. Black Cabinet FDR not willing to lose support of Southern Democrats. Adminstration more sympathetic than any previous govt. Influence of Eleanor Roosevelt. Second level positions in his administration (Robert Weaver, Milliam Hastie, May cLeod Bethone. 1932: most blacks votijg Republican. By 1936: 90% voted Democratic. Existing patterns of discrimnation: CCC separate black camps. NRA tolerated paying blacks less than whites for the same job. Excluded largley from work in TVA. WPA relgated blacks Hispanics and Asians to least skilled and lowest paying job. African Americans & the New Deal.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}