Negroes and the Great Depression - The Problem of Economic Recovery

Examines the ways in which the recovery program of the New Deal affected the economic conditions of Negroes. ISBN 8371-5961-X PART ONE: AGRICULTURAL RECOVERY AND THE NEGRO FARMER 1 The Need for Agricultural Adjustment 3 2 Special Problems 21 3 NAACP Protest and the AAA 39 4 Agricultural Programs After 1935 56 Summary 78 PART TWO: INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY AND THE BLACK WORKER 5 The Need for Industrial Recovery 83 6 Wages and Hours 98 7 Section 7a and the Black Worker 169 8 Title II of the NRA 193 Summary 213 PART THREE: THE NAACP IN A TIME OF ECONOMIC CRISIS 9 The Amenia Conference, 1933 219 10 W. E. R. Du Bois and the Depression: Self-Help and Economic Recovery 230 11 Rift in the NAACP 266 12 The Harris Report 302 13 The National Negro Congress 353 Summary 383 Bibliographical Note on Manuscript Collections 385 Index 387