The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt /...
The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt /...
The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt / Jill Watts.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2020.
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G 2021/2690
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue -- Of people and politics, 1908-1932. Remembrance ; Turning the picture of Lincoln to the wall -- Called to Washington, 1933-1935. Will the New Deal be a fair deal? ; A Black cabinet ; Factions -- Thinking and planning together, 1935-1939. Star-led ; We belong here ; Things are happening ;...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"In 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency with the help of key African American defectors from the Republican Party. At the time, most African Americans lived in poverty in the South, denied citizenship rights and terrorized by white violence. But Roosevelt's victory created the opportunity for a gr...
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The black cabinet : the untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt / Jill Watts.
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Untold story of African Americans and politics during the age of Roosevelt
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-522) and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/2690
Record Identifier
74VKaX5Q3WvO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaX5Q3WvO
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ISBN
0802129102
9780802129109
DDC
323.11960730904
MMS ID
991024439829002626
