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03169aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 02AB23F2477511EC81CA9FE82DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211117010121 008 200704t20212020nyuaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780802148667 020 $a 0802148662 035 $a (OCoLC)1162373101 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d VMI $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d QX7 $d IOB $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E807 $b .W36 2021 100 1 $a Watts, Jill, $d 1958- $e author. 245 14 $a The Black Cabinet : $b the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt / $c Jill Watts. 246 30 $a Untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt 250 $a First Grove Atlantic paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Grove Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xix, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t No resting. $t Of people and politics, 1908-1932. $t Remembrance ; $t Turning the picture of Lincoln to the wall -- $t Called to Washington, 1933-1935. $t Will the New Deal be a fair deal? ; $t A Black cabinet ; $t Factions -- $t Thinking and planning together, 1935-1939. $t Star-led ; $t We belong here ; $t Things are happening ; $t Thwarted -- $t Fighting on two fronts, 1940-1944. $t Keep 'em squirming ; $t Mobilization ; $t Mighty struggle ; $t Last of the brain trusters -- $t Vanishing figures. $t No resting. 520 $a In 1932, as the Great Depression ravaged the United States, most African Americans lived in poverty, terrorized by white violence and the institutional racism of Jim Crow. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt ascended to the presidency, buoyed by the Black vote, his administration began building the New Deal, and a "Black Brain Trust" of advisers came together. They became known as the Black Cabinet. Led by educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune, the Black Cabinet fought hostility and resistance to press for a "square deal" for African Americans. They rallied voters for Roosevelt while fighting the exclusion of Black people from New Deal programs. Through their efforts, Roosevelt signed executive orders outlawing discrimination in the defense industry and established jobs and agriculture programs that lifted many out of poverty. In this lively and illuminating history, Jill Watts tells the story of the forgotten coalition of Black activists who laid the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement and whose work continues to impact Black American lives today. -- Back cover. 600 10 $a Roosevelt, Franklin D. $q (Franklin Delano), $d 1882-1945 $x Relations with African Americans. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Politics and government $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Poliltical aspects $x Poliltical aspects $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Economic conditions $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1933-1945. 941 $a 1 952 $l UUAX975 $d 20211117035953.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=02AB23F2477511EC81CA9FE82DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search