African Americans 1929-1945
by
Joe William Trotter, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 1996
Bank closings, soup kitchens, bread lines, unemployed workers begging for work--these images defined the 1930s and '40s in America. For African Americans the era was a study in contrasts: black workers had the highest unemployment rate at a time when black leaders held important positions in Franklin...