To ask for an equal chance : African Americans in the Great Depression /

The Great Depression hit Americans hard, but none harder than African Americans and the working poor. To Ask for an Equal Chance explores black experiences during this period and the intertwined challenges posed by race and class. "Last hired, firstfired," black workers lost their jobs at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenberg, Cheryl Lynn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
Colección:African American history series (Lanham, Md.)
Temas:
1877-1964
African Americans > History > 1877-1964.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
Noirs américains > Histoire > 1877-1964.
Crises économiques > 1929 > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans
Depressions
Schwarze
Soziale Situation
Depression > Wirtschaft
United States
USA
Schwarze > Wirtschaftskrise > USA > Geschichte 1900-1945.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The Great Depression hit Americans hard, but none harder than African Americans and the working poor. To Ask for an Equal Chance explores black experiences during this period and the intertwined challenges posed by race and class. "Last hired, firstfired," black workers lost their jobs at twice the rate of whites, and faced greater obstacles in their search for economic security. Black workers, who were generally urban newcomers, impoverished and lacking industrial skills, were already at a disadvantage. These difficulties were intensified by an overt, and in the South legally entrenched, syst.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 187 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.
ISBN:9781442200517
1442200510
074255189X
9780742551893

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