t to the pockets of many white individuals.Johnson, Guy. “Discrimination in New Deal Programs,” Social Forces, p. 30, October 1934.Explains why many minorities felt left out of the New Deal programs, and provides proof of the racism of state officials enforcing the New Deal programs (by means of dialogue between white workers in New Deal programs and officials).The Journal of Negro Education, Volume 5, p.1-110 (many various articles), January 1936.A wide variety of articles providing explanations for African-American discontent at the first three years of Roosevelt’s presidency. Hoover had promised prosperity, but the blacks did not experience it in his era or in the New Deal era.Books and ArticlesBadger, Anthony J. The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940. New York: Hill and Wang, 1989.A good description of the First New Deal and what progress was made in the Second New Deal. Badger, concludes that the New Deal was an instant success for whites, but not for blacks.Bunche, Ralph J. The Political Status of the Negro in the Age of FDR. Part I New York, 1932. Part II New York, 1968.A recount of African-American lives in the age of New Deal programs, and how they dramatically shifted from bad to worse.Burns, James MacGregor. Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom, 1940-1945. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc., 1970.This book is an explanation of why the New Deal of the 1940’s treated everyone much better than in the 1930’s.Dudley, William. The Great Depression: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press Inc., 1994. A fabulous book that provides a topic of debate relating to the New Deal, and how two people can justify their claims for supporting each side of the argument. It makes use of primary source material also.Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, Volume 2, New York: Simon and Schuster Macmillan, 1996.Explains why the Roosevelt/New Deal Era was just a continuation ...
