The segregated origins of social security [electronic resource] : African Americans and the welfare state / Mary Poole.
By: Poole, Mary.
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BookPublisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006Description: xi, 258 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century | African Americans -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century | African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century | Social security -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Welfare state -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Depressions -- 1929 -- United States | New Deal, 1933-1939 | United States -- Social policy | United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 368.4/00973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.
So now Mr. President, we are looking for something : African Americans, the Social Security Act, and the Great Depression -- The not-so-solid South : southern Democrats in Congress -- Colorblind public policy : the staff of the Committee on Economic Security -- Shaky ground : Black and interracial organizations -- Gender and the white united front : the women of the federal Children's Bureau -- Conclusion : those old discriminatory practices.
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